Harvard Law School

==Reputation==
HLS was ranked as the fifth best law school in the United States by ''U.S. News & World Report'' in its 2023 rankings.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings |title=2023 Best Law Schools |website=U.S. News & World Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170320195829/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-law-schools/law-rankings |archive-date=March 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://magoosh.com/lsat/2019/top-law-schools/|title = Top (T14) Law Schools in the US (2021-2022)|date = June 27, 2021|access-date = February 14, 2020|archive-date = February 14, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200214025311/https://magoosh.com/lsat/2019/top-law-schools/|url-status = live}}</ref> HLS was ranked first in the world by QS World University Rankings in 2023.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Law|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2019/law-legal-studies|website=QS World University Rankings|access-date=15 January 2020|archive-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120205417/https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2019/law-legal-studies|url-status=live}}</ref> It is ranked first in the world by the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |title=ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 - Law |url=http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/law.html |website=Academic Ranking of World Universities |access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date=July 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190713045723/http://www.shanghairanking.com/Shanghairanking-Subject-Rankings/law.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

HLS has graduated the largest number of U.S. Supreme Court justices and U.S. attorneys general. HLS is the best represented law school in the current U.S. Congress and among the law faculty at U.S. law schools.

In November 2022, the law school made a joint decision along with Yale Law School to withdraw from the ''U.S. News & World Report'' Best Law Schools rankings, citing the system's "flawed methodology."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Korn |first=Melissa |title=WSJ News Exclusive {{!}} Yale and Harvard Law Schools Abandon U.S. News Rankings |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-law-school-abandons-u-s-news-rankings-citing-flawed-methodology-11668607649 |access-date=2022-11-17 |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=November 16, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>