Idea Makers: Research, Writing, and the Path to Law Teaching at Harvard Law School

By the Numbers:

Number of HLS grads accepting tenure-track law teaching positions in the last two years: 90+

Percentage of all Supreme Court clerks coming from Harvard in the last five years: 25%

Number of clerkships attained by HLS grads in just the last three years: 568

Number of students involved in scholarly law journals: 900+

Number of student-run law journals/reviews at HLS: 14

Number of research programs and centers at HLS: 17

Number of paid research assistantships held by HLS students every year: +250

Number of HLS students serving as teaching assistants throughout the university: 80+

Number of law review/journal articles published by HLS students in the last three years (not including student notes in the Harvard Law Review): 73

Number of federal judges who are HLS graduates: 149

Number of courses with 25 or fewer students enrolled: 100+

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[aseohosting]

Excellent post I must say..

[ambervargas718]

I am a young child and Harvard Law School had been by dream . I don't mind spending my whole young life in Harvard . This is the top school out of the USA . Since I was 7 I always wanted to be in Harvard Law School . I love the law and will try my best hopefully to get a scholarship in Harvard Law School in a couple of years .

[amrhammad1]

This video is amazing, I really like it. I think what is played in this video is one of many reasons why HLS is the best Law school in the world. I am my self just started in the Master of Laws (LL.M.) International and Comparative Law Track, offered by the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis in Egypt , (It's the first & only American LL.M. offered in Africa & the Middle East) and I am very excited about it.

[blackberryjuice1]

Are there any black radicals in your class?

[HunterGregorySr]

Do the lecture halls have microphones?