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The full marks of TOEFL is 120.

While both the universities are considered two of the best in the entire world, Harvard enjoys the location of Cambridge, Massachusetts which has close proximity to Boston where the Law students have better access to internships and clerkships, on the other hand Yale Law School is situated at New Haven which makes it a bit isolated Law School, away from a lot of important Law universities.

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According to US World and News rankings in 2025, HLS is ranked at #6 in best 196 Law schools around world. 

According to  QS World ranking 2025, Law courses offered by Harvard University are ranked #1 based on factors like academic reputation, citations per faculty, employment outcomes, employer reputation, faculty student ratio etc.

THE 2025 gave Law Courses of Harvard University ranking of #2. 

HLS is under Harvard University which is among prestigious group of Ivy League.

According to US World and News rankings in 2025, HLS is ranked #6 in best 196 Law schools around world. It has tied with Duke Law School. 

The HLS Placement rate for the class 2024 stands at 97.6% (within 10 months of graduation) with the average median salary of USD 215,000 (INR 1.94 Cr.) at Law firms.

Harvard Law School graduates go on to take up diverse roles and positions over span of their careers. According to the Harvard Law School employment report 2024, 374 graduates got placed at Law firms followed by 133 students going into Judicial Clerkships.

Below is the table mentioning the HLS graduates with various locations:

Harvard Law School is known for state of the art learning infrastructure, high quality graduates and faculty to students' ratio. HLS graduates are able to get placement at Law firms as Lawyers with a median basic salary of USD 215,000 (INR 1.94 Cr).

According to Glass door, lawyers who graduated from Harvard are able to get USD 100,000 (INR 90.35 L) a year to USD 200,000 (INR 1.80 Cr) a year.

According to the employment data 2024 published by Harvard Law School, the top industry where the HLS graduates are getting the highest package is Law firms job sector which is USD 215,000 (INR 1.94 Cr).

Here is the table showing top Salaries of Full-time Employed Graduates by Job Sector:

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Out of many applications, Harvard Law School tries to select best students for Law programs. To apply for Harvard Law School, international students have to take entrance exam. Students can either take GRE or LSAT.

Both the previously mentioned exams are valid, and the school says, that it does make it an advantage if the students take both the exams.

The table below shows the average scores for other requirements:

Harvard Law School follows strict approach in selecting best candidates. To stay competitive and relevant till the end of HLS application process can be tough for many. Students are required to show great academic scores and extra-curricular activities and such. JD Class 2027, 50% of the students had GPA of 3.95.

Other than GPA, table below shows average scores for other requirements: