Race, Racism and the Law
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Far West - The Whitest Law Schools

The 2004 Whitest Law Schools Report
The Top Ten Whitest Law Schools in the United States
Prologue:
I grew up in Texas during Jim Crow.  During that time going on long distance road trips had a distinct flavor for Blacks and I remember it vividly - the packing enough food for the entire trip (no restaurants), the using the bathroom on the side of the road (no gas station bathrooms), the sleeping in the car on the side of the road (no motels). But my most vivid memory of my road trips in Texas was the sign I read every time we went through Greenville, Texas -
The Blackest Land,
The Whitest People
In many ways institutional discrimination in law schools is really about  maintaining the legal profession as "The Whitest Profession". 

Professor Vernellia Randall

Note: Whiteness is defined as caucasian plus unknown.

 

 

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States in Far West Region
California
Guam
Hawaii
Nevada

Excess Whiteness  Based on Regional LSAC Applications
(Far West Region Whiteness = 48.09%)
Rank School Excess Whiteness State % Whiteness in Law School
14 California Western School of Law  27.61 CA 75.7
20 Chapman University 25.31 CA 73.4
40 Golden Gate University 22.11 CA 70.2
92 Loyola Law School 12.71 CA 60.8
6 Pepperdine University 34.11 CA 82.2
90 Santa Clara University 12.81 CA 60.9
77 Southwestern University School of Law 14.61 CA 62.7
48 Stanford University 18.51 CA 66.6
8 Thomas Jefferson School of Law 31.31 CA 79.4
58 University of California (Berkeley)   17.11 CA 65.2
53 University of California (Davis)   17.61 CA 65.7
44 University of California (Hastings)   19.11 CA 67.2
34 University of California (Los Angeles)   23.21 CA 71.3
180 University of Hawaii  -18.89 HI 29.2
6 University of Nevada  32.11 NV 80.2
22 University of San Diego  24.71 CA 72.8
37 University of San Francisco  22.51 CA 70.6
113 University of Southern California 9.21 CA 57.3
10 University of the Pacific (McGeorge)  30.11 CA 78.2
120 Western State University 8.61 CA 56.7
110 Whittier Law School 9.81 CA 57.9

Descriptive Statistics

N

21

Mean

18.7767

Median

19.1100

Minimum

-18.89

Maximum

34.11

Excess Whiteness by Private/Public Status

 

N

Median

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Private

15

22.1100

20.2700

8.61

34.11

Public

6

18.3600

15.0433

-18.89

32.11

ANOVA Table: Private/Public Status

Sum of Squares

df

Mean Square

F

Sig.

Between Groups

(Combined)

117.077

1

117.077

.866

.364

Within Groups

2570.109

19

135.269

Total

2687.187

20

Excess Whiteness by Tier
(Far West Region)

 

N

Median

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

1st Tier (USNews)

6

18.0600

17.4600

9.21

23.21

2nd Tier (USNews)

5

12.8100

10.7700

-18.89

24.71

3rd Tier (US News)

4

27.7100

26.0350

14.61

34.11

4th Tier (US News)

4

24.8600

22.7100

9.81

31.31

No US News Ranking

2

20.3600

20.3600

8.61

32.11

ANOVA Table: Tier

Sum of Squares

df

Mean Square

F

Sig.

Between Groups

(Combined)

608.567

4

152.142

1.171

.360

Within Groups

2078.620

16

129.914

Total

2687.187

20

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Thanks to Derrick Bell and his pioneer work: 
Race, Racism and American Law (1993).