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The Isolation Factor
African Americans
The Most Isolating
Law Schools. Schools were considered most isolating if they had less than or
equal to half of the percentage of African Americans in the National LSAC
application pool. Ninety-six schools (52.1%) were found most isolating because
they had less than or equal to 5.3% African Americans. The Pacific West
accounted for 21.9% of these schools; the Southeast had smallest number with
only four schools. Approximately 57.3% were private schools. The 2nd
tier had the highest number of schools with 32.3%, while the 1st and
3rd tiers had 18 and 19 schools, respectively.
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Top Ten Most Isolating |
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Rank |
School |
Number |
Percent |
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1 |
University of Montana |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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1 |
Inter-American University School
of Law |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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1 |
Pontifical Catholic University of
Puerto Rico |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
1 |
University of Puerto Rico |
0.00 |
0.00 |
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5 |
Baylor University (Texas) |
2.00 |
0.50 |
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5 |
University of Utah (S.J. Quinney) |
2.00 |
0.50 |
|
7 |
University of Idaho |
2.00 |
0.60 |
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8 |
University of South Dakota |
2.00 |
0.80 |
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8 |
University of Wyoming |
2.00 |
0.80 |
|
11 |
Chapman University (California) |
4.00 |
0.90 |
The Least Isolating Law Schools. Schools were
considered least isolating if they had greater than or
equal to the percentage of African Americans in the
National LSAC Application pool. Seventeen schools (9.1%)
were found least isolating because they had equal to or
greater 10.6% African Americans. Five were historically
Black colleges and universities (HBCU) two of which had
less than 50% Black and one of which had 50% exactly.
This information raises an interestingly dilemma.
Since most law schools (52.1%) are under-serving
African Americans and most HBCU are decreasing their
education of blacks, who will be responsible for the
training of black lawyers? It is ironic that University
of District of Columbia, an HBCU, is only 34% black. Of
the least isolating schools, the Mid-South accounted for
eight schools (47.1%) while the Southeast with only one.
Approximately 64.7% were private schools. The 1st
tier had the highest number of schools with 29.4% while
the 2nd and 3rd tiers each had 2
schools.
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Top Ten Least Isolating (excluding
HBCU) |
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Rank |
School |
Number |
Percent |
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1 |
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
(Michigan) |
413.00 |
17.90 |
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2 |
CUNY-Queens College (New York) |
71.00 |
15.20 |
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3 |
University of North
Carolina–Chapel Hill |
97.00 |
13.70 |
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4 |
University of Baltimore (Maryland) |
130.00 |
13.40 |
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5 |
Vanderbilt University (Tennessee) |
79.00 |
13.30 |
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6 |
Rutgers State University–Newark
(New Jersey) |
100.00 |
12.80 |
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7 |
University of Georgia |
88.00 |
12.70 |
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8 |
University of Maryland |
100.00 |
11.60 |
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8 |
University of Arkansas
(Fayetteville ) |
53.00 |
11.60 |
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9 |
Loyola University-New Orleans (Louisana) |
92.00 |
10.80 |
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9 |
Washington and Lee University
(Virginia) |
42.00 |
10.80 |
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