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The share of students of color enrolled in Harvard Law School’s J.D. Class of 2027 dropped by eight percentage points compared to last year, according to data released by HLS on Thursday.
The Class of 2027 is the Law School’s first class admitted after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.
The proportion of students of color at HLS fell to 43 percent from 51 percent the previous year. The share of first-generation and/or low-income college students also fell from 14 percent to 11 percent.
HLS did not report a more specific demographic breakdown by race.
These demographic changes at HLS follow a four percentage point drop in Black enrollment at Harvard College.
The Law School quietly released the race data on Thursday, without an announcement to students or a press release to explain the decline in enrolled students of color or the methodology used to collect the data.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
—Staff writer S. Mac Healey can be reached at mac.healey@thecrimson.com. Follow him on X @MacHealey.
—Staff writer Saketh Sundar can be reached at saketh.sundar@thecrimson.com. Follow him on X @saketh_sundar.
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