Does Affirmative Action Hurt Black Law Students?
By KATHERINE S. MANGAN A new study that challenges a ‘cherished’ admissions practice has critics lining up for a rebuttal Colloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether affirmative action in admissions hurts black law students, as a forthcoming law-review article contends. Table: Showing how ending affirmative action in law-school admissions would affect the numbers of black law students and lawyersBy KATHERINE S.
By KATHERINE S. MANGAN Affirmative action hurts black law students more than it helps them by bumping applicants up into law schools where they are more likely to earn poor grades, drop out, and fail their states’ bar exams, according to a forthcoming study by a law professor at the University of California at Los Angeles. The author, Richard H.
