Law School Admissions
Title
Misuse of the Law School Admissions Test, Racial Discrimination, and the De Facto Quota System for Restricting African-American Access to the Legal Profession
Document Type
Law Review Article
Publication Date
2006
Keywords
admission criteria, incoming indicators, law school diversity, standardized test scores, LSAT
Abstract
This article examines two obstacles that African-Americans currently face in obtaining admission to law school. The first is law school admissions practices that have a disparate impact on minority students and appear to be driven by competitive, economic motives. And the second is law school accreditation practices that have a disparate impact on minority students without valid, reliable, and objective evidence establishing that these practices have a legitimate educational purpose.
