Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a highly prestigious and respected American law school with about 2,000 students in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The result: 14 graduates have served on the high court (plus another four justices who attended), more than any other law school. HLS routinely places first or second in various law school rankings. According to US News and World Report, its entering class boasts the highest LSAT scores in the nation and its graduates have a higher bar passage rate and average salary upon graduation than do graduates of its closest rivals Stanford and Yale.

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The school was established in 1817 and has operated continuously since then. This makes Harvard the oldest law school in the United States, although it was predated by the law faculty at the College of William and Mary. The current dean of the school is Elena Kagan, who took over for Robert Clark in 2003.

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