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Perspectives: Meeting the Standards, Not Lowering Them

Improving law school diversity starts with preparing minority students in high school and college, through mentorship and guidance, for the rigors they will face.

April 12, 2009

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Baylor Backs Off Plan Offering Perks to Retake SAT

Baylor University, facing sharp criticism for paying already-admitted students to retake the SAT and try to boost their scores, said Thursday it “goofed” and would probably end the practice.

October 16, 2008

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Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

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Cause for Action

Advocates for a more inclusive legal profession are worried about the decline in Black law student enrollment

July 11, 2007

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Law schools, measures of merit and the public’s perception of the legal profession

I see the affirmative action debate and the role of the LSAT (Law School Admissions Test) in that debate as the major challenges facing this organization – and legal education – over the next several years.

July 10, 2007

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Election reflections – special report: health sciences

What happens when a shaky bridge to the future seems determined to fuse with a nostalgic look to the past? That is a jarring question to ask in the wake of the 1996 election and the Democratic Presidential victory, but since President William Jefferson Clinton is determined to push aspects of a Republican platform, it is the appropriate question.

June 23, 2007

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Battle Over Michigan’s Anti-affirmative Action Ballot Initiative Heats Up

The Center for Equal Opportunity released three studies on Tuesday that indicated a strong bias towards Black applicants at the University of Michigan. Critics immediately slammed the organization for attempting to influence next month’s referendum on affirmative action with a flawed analysis ignorant of the admissions process.

October 17, 2006

Students

Members of Congress Want Investigation Into Black Law Student Decline

Congressional leaders are calling for an investigation by the Government Accountability Office into why Black enrollment in law school is declining while overall enrollment is up.

October 7, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Still Having Her Say

Still Having Her Say More than a decade after becoming a household name, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier holds true to her beliefs, principles. By Ronald RoachThat Lani Guinier is one of the most publicly visible and outspoken scholars in the American academy should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed her […]

March 24, 2004

HBCUs

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns Lawmaker

Southern Law Center’s Increasing White Enrollment Concerns LawmakerBy Scott Dyer BATON ROUGE, La. One of the most powerful African Americans in the Louisiana Legislature is warning that historically Black Southern University Law Center may be turning too White. Caucasian students accounted for 33 percent of the Baton Rouge law school’s total enrollment for the 2002-2003 […]

June 18, 2003

Leadership & Policy

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity Initiative

Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity InitiativeNewton, Pa.T he Law School Admission Council has created a $10 million, 5-year effort to encourage law schools to rethink their admission policies and adopt strategies that will achieve greater diversity in the legal profession.Called the “Initiative to Advance Education on the LSAT,” the effort comes in […]

January 17, 2001

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Law School a Learning Experience for Louisiana Governor

Law School a Learning Experience for Louisiana GovernorBATON ROUGE, La.Officials at Southern University Law Center bent the rules to admit Louisiana Governor Mike Foster in August.But now that the 70-year-old Foster is enrolled as the school’s first part-time student, he’s treated the same as anyone else. He’s held to the same standards as other students […]

January 3, 2001