PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Harvard Law School

Graduates on the New York attorney register

Graduates
14,378
Registered, current or due
86.1%
Admitted
1938 to 2026

14,378 living graduates of Harvard Law School are on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026; 86.1% are registered (currently, or due to re‑register), against 87.1% of all living registrants. 4,356 give an office in New York, and 5,902 give an office outside New York.

When they were admitted

Harvard Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1940s1%1950s5%1960s7%1970s12%1980s15%1990s21%2000s24%2010s15%2020s
Harvard Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1940s1%1950s5%1960s7%1970s12%1980s15%1990s21%2000s24%2010s15%2020s
Harvard Law School: share by decade of admission, against every living registrant <1%1940s1%5%1960s7%12%1980s15%21%2000s24%15%2020s
Share of living graduates of Harvard Law School admitted in each decade (columns) against every living registrant (dashed); register file of Sep 29, 2026.
DecadeThis schoolEvery living registrant
1940s<1%<1%
1950s1%<1%
1960s5%2%
1970s7%6%
1980s12%13%
1990s15%17%
2000s21%22%
2010s24%24%
2020s15%15%

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Where they practice

CityGraduates
New York, NY4,356
Washington, DC1,019
Boston, MA266
London259
San Francisco, CA200
Los Angeles, CA180
Brooklyn, NY151
Tokyo150

The most common states outside New York: DC (1,024), CA (753), MA (434), NJ (271), FL (251).

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026.

Firms that employ the most of them

FirmGraduates
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP141
Kirkland & Ellis LLP123
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP114
Latham & Watkins LLP108
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP107
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP104
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP102
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP97

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged.