CLEVELAND, Ohio--American law schools are still struggling to diversify their classrooms.
A new study by researchers at Columbia University finds that law school enrollment of blacks has been stagnant over the past 15
years.
Data from the Law School Admissions Council shows that since 2001, white students have consistently held about 70 percent of law
school seats.
Columbia law professor Conrad Johnson says the lack of diversity has ramifications throughout society because a huge percentage of
elected officials and all judges in the United States are lawyers.
Fred Gray, who is black, graduated in 1954 from what is now Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He speculates that lawsuits against race-based admissions may be taking a toll on recruitment.
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