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The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is practice.
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Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
JD Admissions & Requirements
Data from 2018 admissions cycle
Harvard Law School is a prestigious JD program located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In the competitive 2020 law school rankings, Harvard Law School was ranked 3 by US News & World Report, making it a top-tier law school for admissions-focused applicants. For the 2018 admissions cycle, Harvard Law School has an entering 1L class size of approximately 566 with an acceptance rate of 12.86%, positioning it among the most selective law schools for JD applicants.
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Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.
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Harvard Law School provides amazing opportunities to study law and related disciplines in a rigorous but collaborative environment. Due to its large enrollment and faculty size, Harvard is distinguished by its unparalleled breadth and depth of courses and clinics, its wide array of research programs, its diverse student body drawn from around the world, and its extensive network of highly respected alumni. Beyond the law school, law students can tap into Harvard University’s extraordinary resources through cross registration and a variety of social and cultural activities.
Harvard Law School’s faculty members are engaged in cutting-edge research and generate the most important publications across the legal curriculum, playing an unsurpassed role in influencing jurists and policy makers.