Panel Suggests Ways to Increase Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Law Schools

The Chronicle of Higher Education March 28, 2011 By Lauren Sieben Although black and Mexican-American students have applied to law school at steady rates since the early 1990s, their representation in law schools has decreased over the past 15 years. The proportion of black students in law school dropped by 7.5 percent from 1993 to 2008, reports Columbia Law School, which examined data from the Law School Admission Council. The proportion of Mexican-American students decreased by 11.7 percent over the same period. Together those students' enrollment went from 9.5 percent of the incoming class in 1993 to 8.7 percent in 2008. The actual number of black and Mexican-American students also dropped, even as the size of first-year law classes increased by nearly 3,000 seats across the nation from 1993 to 2008. Full Story: http://chronicle.com/article/Panel-Suggests-Ways-to/126917/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en