Rank	School	State	Whiteness
1	University of Montana	MT	96.3
2	Samford University	AL	96.4
3	Campbell University	NC	94.4
4	Duquesne University	PA	94.30
5	Quinnipac University	CT	92.60
5	University of South Carolina	SC	92.60
7	University of South Dakota	SD	92.20
8	University of Maine	ME	92.10
8	Marquette University	WI	92.10
10	University of Kentucky	KY	92.00

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All of the 2005 Top 10 Whitest Law Schools are over 90% white.  In 2003, the percentage of applications to LSAC that were from white students was only 67.6%.  If you consider these to be national schools,  then they are all over 30 percentage points in excess whiteness.

On the list for the first time are: Campbell University, North Carolina; Quinnipiac University, Connecticut; and University of South Dakota.  No longer on the list are: University of Idaho, Northern Kentucky University (Chase), and University of Richmond.  The mean whiteness (93.3), the median whiteness (92.6), and the minimum whiteness (92.0) were all slightly lower than the 2004 Report, while the maximum whiteness (96.3) was slightly higher.  These were very minor changes. (Table)

Private versus Public. Five of the 2005 Top Ten Whitest Law Schools are public schools: Kentucky, Maine, Montana, South Carolina and South Dakota.  All but four of those public schools were significantly over-serving the white population of their state. (Table) 

Rank. 70% of the 2005 Top Ten Whitest Law Schools were  placed in the 3^rd or 4^th US News Tier. This is particularly troubling since given the on average lower LSAT of minorities, one would expect more minorities to be in the 3^rd or 4^th tier schools.(Table) 

Excess Whiteness Based on Regional LSAC Applications.  The schools were from 7 of ten ABA regions: Great Lakes, Midsouth (2), Midwest, Mountain West, New England (2), Northeast, and Southeast (2).  The disparity between law school whiteness significantly increased when compared to LSAC applications from the region.  Every school, including University of Maine (12.76) and University of Montana (16.34), had significant excess whiteness.  Five schools had excess whiteness over 20 points, and two schools (Samford University and University South Carolina) had excess regional whiteness that approached 40 percentage points. (Table)

Excess Whiteness based on State LSAC Application Pool. The schools were from the following states: Alabama, Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin. It might be expected that many of the Top 10 Whitest Law Schools would be from states that had very few minorities applications, such as University of Maine, whose whiteness applications was 91.91; however, the whiteness in all schools exceeded the whiteness in its state application pool. The schools with the highest excess whiteness were Campbell University in North Carolina (25.34), Samford Unveristy in Alabama (19.44) and Quinnipiac University in Connecticut (16.08). Even University of Montana has a significant excess whiteness (7.26). (Table)

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Excess Whiteness Based on State LSAC Application Pool
Rank	School	State	Whiteness	State LSAC Apps	Excess Whiteness
3	Campbell University	NC	94.4	69.06	25.34
2	Samford University (Cumberland)	AL	94.6	75.16	19.44
5	Quinnipiac University	CT	92.6	76.52	16.08
5	University of South Carolina	SC	92.6	76.6	16
4	Duquesne University	PA	94.3	81.7	12.6
8	Marquette University	WI	92.1	83.54	8.56
1	University of Montana	MT	96.3	89.04	7.26
10	University of Kentucky	KY	92	88.31	3.69
7	University of South Dakota	SC	92.2	89.77	2.43
8	University of Maine	ME	92.1	91.91	0.19

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