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Declining Black Enrollments at Many of the Nation's Highest-Ranked Law Schools

Over the past eight years black enrollments have declined at a majority of the top-ranked law schools. At nine high-ranking law schools black enrollments are down by 19 percent or more. Three prestigious law schools in the nation show declines of more than 40 percent.

Nationwide in 1999 there were 9,271 black students enrolled at the nation's approximately 180 accredited law schools. Eight years later in 2007 there were 9,529 black students enrolled in American law schools, an increase of 2.8 percent.

But during this same period only 12 of the nation's 30 highest-ranked law schools have shown an increase in black enrollments. Eighteen of the 30 leading law schools saw a decline in black ...

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