Wake Up Call: Black Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by Half

December 18, 2024, 12:00 PM UTC

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  • Harvard Law School saw a sharp decrease in the number of Black students entering this fall after last year’s Supreme Court decision banning affirmative action in college admissions, defying a trend of steady minority enrollment counts in law schools across the nation. Last year, the school’s first-year class had 43 Black students. This semester, the first-year class has just 19 Black students, the lowest number since the 1960s. (The New York Times)
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