Race, Racism and the Law
"Speaking Truth to Power"

Whitest Regional 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.

 
Ranking (Historically White Law Schools)
Number of Schools per Region
Descriptive Statistics (Excess Whiteness)
Excess Whiteness (Grouping)
Excess Whiteness by Tier
Excess Whiteness by Status
States by Region Listing
Whitest Regional - Alphabetical
Far West - The Whitest Law Schools

Rank

School 
(Alphabetical Listing)

 Excess Whiteness  State Region
1 Samford University (Cumberland) 38.73 AL Southeast
2 University of South Carolina  37.03 SC Southeast
3 University of Alabama  35.13 AL Southeast
4 University of Mississippi  34.43 MS Southeast
5 Mississippi College  34.33 MS Southeast
6 Pepperdine University 34.11 CA Far West
6 University of Nevada  32.11 NV Far West
8 Thomas Jefferson School of Law 31.31 CA Far West
9 Mercer University 30.73 GA Southeast
10 University of the Pacific (McGeorge)  30.11 CA Far West
11 Georgia State University  28.53 GA Southeast
12 University of Georgia  28.23 GA Southeast
13 Duquesne University 27.71 PA Northeast
14 California Western School of Law  27.61 CA Far West
15 Stetson University 26.73 FL Southeast
16 Northern Kentucky University (Chase) 26 KY Midsouth
17 University of Kentucky  25.8 KY Midsouth
18 University of Richmond  25.5 VA Midsouth
19 Campbell University 25.4 NC Midsouth
20 Chapman University 25.31 CA Far West
21 Florida Coastal School of Law  24.83 FL Southeast
22 University of San Diego  24.71 CA Far West
23 Widener University 24.7 DE Midsouth
24 Emory University 24.53 GA Southeast
25 University of Louisville (Brandeis)   24.5 KY Midsouth
26 Baylor University 24.49 TX South Central
26 Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law 24.49 TX South Central
28 University of Arkansas (Little Rock)  (Bowen) 24.39 AR South Central
29 University of Pittsburgh  24.21 PA Northeast
30 West Virginia University  24.1 WV Midsouth
31 Penn State University (Dickinson School of Law) 23.71 PA Northeast
32 University of Oklahoma  23.69 OK South Central
33 Louisiana State University–Baton Rouge  23.39 LA South Central
34 University of California (Los Angeles)   23.21 CA Far West
35 Wake Forest University 22.8 NC Midsouth
36 Texas Tech University  22.79 TX South Central
37 University of San Francisco  22.51 CA Far West
38 Villanova University 22.21 PA Northeast
39 Appalachian School of Law 22.2 VA Midsouth
40 Golden Gate University 22.11 CA Far West
41 Barry University 21.83 FL Southeast
42 Florida State University  21.73 FL Southeast
43 University of Memphis  19.6 TN Midsouth
44 University of California (Hastings)   19.11 CA Far West
45 University of Maine  19.06 ME New England
46 University of Arkansas (Fayetteville )   18.99 AR South Central
47 University of Tennessee (Knoxville)   18.8 TN Midsouth
48 Stanford University 18.51 CA Far West
49 George Mason University 18.4 VA Midsouth
50 University of Tulsa  18.39 OK South Central
51 University of Houston  17.99 TX South Central
52 Marquette University 17.9 WI Great Lakes
53 University of California (Davis)   17.61 CA Far West
54 University of Toledo  17.6 OH Great Lakes
55 University of Montana  17.5 MT Mountain West
56 University of Florida (Levin)  17.43 FL Southeast
57 University at Buffalo 17.21 NY Northeast
58 University of California (Berkeley)   17.11 CA Far West
59 Oklahoma City University  16.89 OK South Central
60 Ohio Northern University  16.8 OH Great Lakes
61 Pace University 16.71 NY Northeast
62 Albany Law School-Union University 16.51 NY Northeast
63 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale  16.5 IL Great Lakes
63 University of Virginia  16.5 VA Midsouth
65 Loyola University-New Orleans  16.49 LA South Central
66 Willamette University 16.28 OR Northwest
67 William and Mary Law School  16.2 VA Midsouth
68 University of Texas (Austin)  16.19 TX South Central
69 Rutgers State University–Camden 15.81 NJ Northeast
70 Temple University (Beasley)  15.71 PA Northeast
71 University of Akron 15.7 OH Great Lakes
72 Texas Wesleyan University  15.69 TX South Central
73 University of Idaho  15.6 ID Mountain West
74 Tulane University 15.19 LA South Central
75 Washington and Lee University  15.1 VA Midsouth
76 Regent University 14.9 VA Midsouth
77 Southwestern University School of Law 14.61 CA Far West
78 Suffolk University 13.96 MA New England
79 Valparaiso University 13.9 IN Great Lakes
80 Quinnipiac University 13.86 CT New England
81 University of Wyoming  13.6 WY Mountain West
82 Capital University 13.4 OH Great Lakes
82 University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill   13.4 NC Midsouth
84 University of Oregon  13.38 OR Northwest
85 Cardozo-Yeshiva University  13.31 NY Northeast
86 Cleveland State University (Marshall) 13.3 OH Great Lakes
87 New York Law School  13.11 NY Northeast
88 Ave Maria School of Law 13.1 MI Great Lakes
89 William Mitchell College of Law  13 MN Great Lakes
90 Santa Clara University 12.81 CA Far West
91 South Texas College of Law  12.79 TX South Central
92 Loyola Law School 12.71 CA Far West
93 Seton Hall University 12.51 NJ Northeast
94 University of Baltimore  12.4 MD Midsouth
95 Gonzaga University 12.38 WA Northwest
96 Roger Williams University 12.16 RI New England
97 Chicago-Kent Illinois Institute of Technology  12 IL Great Lakes
98 Hamline University 11.9 MN Great Lakes
99 Brooklyn Law School 11.81 NY Northeast
99 St. John's University 11.81 NY Northeast
101 University of Utah (S.J. Quinney)   11.5 UT Mountain West
102 Syracuse University 11.41 NY Northeast
103 University of Miami  11.13 FL Southeast
104 Vermont Law School  10.46 VT New England
104 Western New England College  10.46 MA New England
106 University of Dayton  10.4 OH Great Lakes
107 Brigham Young University (J. Reuben Clark) 10.1 UT Mountain West
107 Catholic University of America  10.1 DC Midsouth
107 University of Maryland  10.1 MD Midsouth
110 Whittier Law School 9.81 CA Far West
111 Case Western Reserve University 9.5 OH Great Lakes
112 New York University  9.41 NY Northeast
113 Fordham University 9.21 NY Northeast
113 Hofstra University 9.21 NY Northeast
113 University of Southern California 9.21 CA Far West
116 Duke University 9 NC Midsouth
116 Wayne State University 9 MI Great Lakes
118 University of Connecticut  8.86 CT New England
119 Indiana University–Indianapolis  8.7 IN Great Lakes
120 Western State University 8.61 CA Far West
121 Touro College (Jacob D. Fuchsberg) 8.41 NY Northeast
122 Nova Southeastern University 8.23 FL Southeast
123 University of Nebraska–Lincoln   7.92 NE Midwest
124 Michigan State University - Detroit College of Law  7.5 MI Great Lakes
125 Indiana University–Bloomington  7.3 IN Great Lakes
126 John Marshall Law School 7.3 IL Great Lakes
127 Lewis and Clark College (Northwestern) 7.28 OR Northwest
128 Vanderbilt University 7.1 TN Midsouth
129 Drake University 6.92 IA Midwest
130 Cornell University 6.91 NY Northeast
131 Loyola University Chicago  6.9 IL Great Lakes
132 University of Cincinnati  6.9 OH Great Lakes
133 New England School of Law  6.56 MA New England
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