Minority Law School Enrollment Continues to Drop
A new study by researchers at Columbia Law School and the Society of American Law Teachers reported that nationwide enrollment of African-American and Mexican-American students in U.S. law schools has fallen 8.6% in the past 15 years, and could continue to fall.
Applications to law schools among those minority groups have remained constant since 1992, and law school enrollment overall has continued to rise. Vernellia Randall, a professor at Dayton Law, cited law schools’ reliance on LSAT scores as a cause of declining enrollment. “It’s going to get a whole lot worse before it gets better,” she said.
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Written By:kesha campbell On February 15, 2008 7:03 AM
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My daughter is a 22yr old African- American female who is trying to get into law school this fall - she has submitted 28 different law school applications. Her LSAT was 141 and her GPA is 3.0+. She is a very well-rounded students with lots of extra-curricular activities/leadership positions within her joined organizations and sorority/paid internship in a law firm that specializes in torts law/internship at governor's office/and she will be a double major-Political Science and English Literature in April 2008 from Florida. What do you think her chances are of getting in to one? Is there one in particular to strive for? Any advice would be great!