The Impact of Diversity and Inclusion in Law School
Submissions from 2024
Fostering First-Generation Student Success in Law School, Lisa R. Pruitt and Nirav Bhardwaj
The Imperative to Promote Diversity Post-Students for Fair Admissions: Analyzing the Effects of Student-Body Diversity on Attrition, GPA, and Bar Passage in Law Students and Graduates, Jason M. Scott, Paige Wilson, Tiffane Cochran, and Andrea M. Pals
Submissions from 2023
How the Student-Faculty Demographic Impacts Law School Graduate Attrition, Attrition Rate, J.D.s Awarded, and Bar Passage (Part 1), Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio
How the Student-Faculty Demographic in an Academic Calendar (Fall and Spring) Impacts Law School Graduate Attrition, Attrition Rate, J.D.s Awarded, and Bar Passage (Part 2), Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio
Centering Disability in the Law School Pedagogy: A Way to Include Disabled Law Students, Ella Maiden
"Tellin' the Truth in Their Own Words": A Critical Race Qualitative Analysis of Ethnic Minority Law School Students' Experiences, Terrell Strayhorn
The Law Professor and the Therapist: Beyond Belonging There’s a Place (and Need) for Group Solidarity Among First Generation and Low-Income Students in the Law School Setting, Monica Teixeira de Sousa
Submissions from 2021
Still Strangers in the Land: Achievement Barriers, Burdens, and Bridges Facing African American Students Within Predominately White Law Schools, Cristal E. Jones
Mindsets in Legal Education, Victor D. Quintanilla and Sam Erman
Black Law Student Attrition in the Age of Affirmative Action: Why America's Current Diversity Framework is Failing, Damon Christopher Williams
Submissions from 2020
#ForTheCulture: Generation Z and the Future of Legal Education, Tiffany D. Atkins
The Effects of Demographic Mismatch in an Elite Professional School Setting, Christopher Birdsall, Seth Gershenson, and Raymond Zuniga
How Institutional and Ecological Forces Shape the Career Profiles of Organizational Leaders: An Analysis of US Law School Deans, 1894–2009, Young-Chul Jeong, Huseyin Leblebici, and Ohjin Kwon
Women of Color: A Study of Law School Experiences, NALP Foundation and Center for Women in Law
COVID-19: Transfer, Mobility, and Progress, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Mind the Gap: Gender Pay Disparities in the Legal Academy, Christopher J. Ryan Jr. and Meghan Dawe
Building Bridges: How Law Schools Can Better Prepare Students from Historically Underserved Communities to Excel in Law School, Amy H. Soled and Barbara Hoffman
Submissions from 2019
The "Pink Ghetto" Pipeline: Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Legal Education, Renee Nicole Allen, Alicia Jackson, and DeShun Harris
A New Minority? International JD Students in US Law Schools, Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen and Carole Silver
The Diversity Imperative Revisited: Racial and Gender Inclusion in Clinical Law Faculty, CLEA Committee for Faculty Equity and Inclusion
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education: A Status Report, Lorelle L. Espinosa, Jonathan M. Turk, Morgan Taylor, and Hollie M. Chessman
Diversity Drift, Jonathan P. Feingold
Framing Diversity: Examining the Place of Race in Institutional Policy and Practice Post-Affirmative Action, Kristen M. Glasener, Christian A. Martell, and Julie R. Posselt
A Critical Race Inquiry of African American Female Law Students' Educational Experiences at a Racially Diverse Law School, Chloe Lancaster, Yonghong Xu, Elin Ovrebo, and Eric Hosman
Preventing Attrition: Critical Interventions to Close the Racial Gap in Non-Transfer Attrition, Allie Robbins
Beyond the Numbers: An Examination of Diverse Interactions in Law School, Louis M. Rocconi, Aaron N. Taylor, Heather Haeger, John D. Zilvinskis, and Chad R. Christensen
Submissions from 2018
The Culturally Proficient Law Professor: Beginning the Journey, Anastasia M. Boles
Racialized Interactions in the Law School Classroom: Pedagogical Approaches to Creating a Safe Learning Environment, Erin C. Lain
Second Mode Inclusion Claims in the Law Schools, Kenneth W. Mack
Bottled at the Source: Recapturing the Essence of Academic Support as a Primary Tool of Education Equity for Minority Law Students, Russell A. McClain
First-Generation Students in Law School: A Proven Success Model, Jacqueline M. O'Bryant and Katharine Traylor Schaffzin
Foreword: Diversity in the Legal Academy After Fisher II, Steven A. Ramirez
Submissions from 2017
How Top Law Schools Can Resuscitate An Inclusive Climate for Minority And Low-Income Law Students, Taifha N. Baker
Reflections on Racial Stigmas and Stereotyping, Harry T. Edwards
Net Tuition Trends by LSAT Category from 2010 to 2014 with Thoughts on Variable Return on Investment, Jerome M. Organ
Race and Higher Education: Is the LSAT Systemic of Racial Differences in Education Attainment?, Mona E. Robbins
Not for Free: Exploring the Collateral Costs of Diversity in Legal Education, SpearIt
We Are All on the Journey: Transforming Antagonistic Spaces in Law School Classrooms, Palma Joy Strand
Beyond the ‘Resiliency’ and ‘Grit’ Narrative in Legal Education: Race, Class, and Gender Considerations, Christian Sundquist
Changing the Construct: Promoting Cross-Cultural Conversations in the Law School Classroom, Bonny L. Tavares
Law School Scholarship Policies: Engines of Inequity, Aaron N. Taylor and Chad Christensen
Submissions from 2016
The Way of ColorInsight: Understanding Race and Law Effectively Through Mindfulness-Based ColorInsight Practices, Rhonda V. Magee
Cultural Community Connections and College Success: An Examination of Southeast Asian American College Students, Samuel D. Museus, Kiana Shiroma, and Jude Paul Dizon
Submissions from 2015
Affirmative Action, Educational Equity and Campus Racial Climate: A Case Study of the University of Michigan Law School, Walter R. Allen and Daniel Solórzano
Creating Wise Classrooms to Empower Diverse Law Students: Lessons in Pedagogy from Transformative Law Professors, Sean Darling-Hammond and Kristen Holmquist
The Human Side of Law School: The Case for Socializing Minority Recruitment and Retention Programs, Gurney Pearsall
The Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Law Review Leadership Positions, Adriane Kayoko Peralta
Diversity as a Law School Survival Strategy, Aaron N. Taylor
Diversity Within Diversity: The Varied Experiences of Asian and Asian American Law Students, Aaron N. Taylor, Faheemah N. Mustafaa, and Chad Christensen
Submissions from 2014
Towards a Pedagogy of Diversity in Legal Education, Faisal Bhabha
A Survey Instrument to Develop, Tailor, and Help Measure Law Student Cultural Diversity Education Learning Outcomes, Andrea A. Curcio, Teresa E. Ward, and Nisha Dogra
Looking Forward to Diversity in Legal Academia, Meera E. Deo
The Law Review Divide: A Study of Gender Diversity on the Top Twenty Law Reviews, Lynne N. Kolodinsky
Submissions from 2013
Employment Opportunities and Conditions for the African-American Legal Professoriate: Perspectives from the Inside, Loftus C. Carson II
Measuring the Racial Unevenness of Law School, Jonathan Feingold and Doug Souza
U.S. News' Views on Including Diversity in Our Best Law Schools Ranking, Robert Morse
Submissions from 2011
Is Affirmative Action Responsible for the Achievement Gap Between Black and White Law Students? A Correction, a Lesson, and an Update, Katherine Y. Barnes
The Promise of Grutter: Diverse Interactions at the University of Michigan Law School, Meera E. Deo
The Importance of Students and Faculty Diversity in Law Schools: One Dean's Perspective, Kevin R. Johnson
How Scholarship Programs Impact Students and The Culture of Law School, Jerome Organ
Class in American Legal Education, Richard H. Sander
Submissions from 2009
Struggles & Support: Diversity in U.S. Law Schools, Meera E. Deo, Walter R. Allen, A. T. Panter, Charles E. Daye, and Linda Wightman
Submissions from 2008
Identifying Predictors of Law Student Life Satisfaction, Nisha C. Gottfredson, A. T. Panter, Charles E. Daye, Walter T. Allen, Linda F. Wightman, and Meera E. Deo
Submissions from 2006
On Racial Diversity and Group Decision Making: Identifying Multiple Effects of Racial Composition on Jury Deliberations, Samuel R. Sommers
Submissions from 2005
Microaggressions: What They Are and Why They Matter, Catharine Wells
Submissions from 2003
Diversity Matters: Race, Gender, and Ethnicity in Legal Education, Nancy E. Dowd, Kenneth B. Nunn, and Jane E. Pendergast
No African-American Lawyers Allowed: The Inefficient Racism of the ABA's Accreditation of Law Schools, George B. Shepherd
A Report on Recruiting and Retaining Under-Represented Students in Texas Public Law Schools, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Submissions from 2001
Linking Diversity and Educational Purpose: How Diversity Affects the Classroom Environment and Student Development, Sylvia Hurtado
Increasing Diversity Benefits: How Campus Climate and Teaching Methods Affect Student Outcomes, Jeffrey F. Milem
Submissions from 2000
Faculty Diversity as a Clinical Legal Education Imperative, Jon C. Dubin