Interesting Harvard Law School facts and figures.
6 (out of 9): The number of current Supreme Court justices who studied at HLS.
7: Number of U.S. solicitor generals who have been HLS graduates.
11 (out of 37): Number of HLS graduates serving as clerks to U.S. Supreme Court justices in the 2006-2007 term.
12: The number of HLS graduates who have served as a U.S. Governor.
25: Percentage of all Supreme Court clerks in the last five years coming from HLS.
32: Joseph Story's age when he became the nation's youngest Supreme Court justice in 1811. Almost two decades later—while remaining on the High Court—Story also became dean of HLS.
40: Percentage of current J.D. students receiving financial aid.
48: The total number of HLS graduates who have been a member of U.S. Congress.
73: Number of law review/journal articles published by HLS students in the last 3 years (not including student notes in the Harvard Law Review).
80-plus: Number of HLS students serving as teaching assistants throughout Harvard University.
100: Number of HLS courses with 25 or fewer students enrolled.
120-plus: Number of HLS grads hired into a tenure-track law teaching positions in the last five years.
149: Number of current federal judges who are HLS graduates.
260-plus: The number of courses and electives HLS offers each year.
362: Number of J.D. students who received guaranteed Summer Public Interest Program funding last summer.
568: Number of judicial clerkships attained by HLS grads in the last three years.
900-plus: Number of HLS students involved in law journals.
1871: The year in which Dean Christopher Langdell published a casebook on contracts; the first casebook used in law teaching in the United States.
1872: The year in which Langdell introduced the Socratic method to HLS.
2 million-plus: Volumes in the HLS library.
12.5 million: Total grant-aid dollars awarded by HLS in 2006-07.