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The 20 in P20The View from the ProfessionsAka Taking Advantage of the
ProfessionsECS National Forum July 2008
Professor Sarah E. Redfield
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100%2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Black Alone Asian Alone All other Races Hispanic of any race White alone, not hispanic
U.S. Population by Race/Ethnicity
Source: Richard Gambitta Rocky Mountain Diversity Summit 2007
The Professions
3Source: Adapted from ABA Miles to Go 2004 + 2000 Census
4Source: Richard Gambitta Rocky Mountain Diversity Summit 2007
The Leadership Case
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•100% judges•58% U.S. Senators•37% U.S. Reps
•20% state legislators•11% major CEOs…Are lawyers
Source: various Census + Congress – see notes.
State Bar of CaliforniaDiversity Pipeline Project
Source: Gita Wilder, The Road to Law School and Beyond: Examining Challenges to Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession (2003)
% Degrees By Race
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05-06 White AfAm Hisp AsPI AIAN
Pop 66.4 12.3 14.8 4.4 0.8
Asso 68.1 12.6 11.3 4.9 1.2
BA 72.4 9.6 7.2 6.9 0.7
MA 66.2 9.9 5.5 5.7 0.6
PHD 56.4 5.6 3.4 5.8 0.4
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e.g. Leaking Pipeline to Law School
Source: Based on prior LSA C slide + NCES data see notes
Percentages of Various Populations
Race/Ethnicity
US Population
2005
Bachelor's Degrees
Conferred**2004-05
LSAT Test Takers
Jun 05 - Feb 06
ABA ApplicantsFall 2006
ABA Admits
Fall 2006
ABA Matrics
Fall 2006
J.D. Degrees2005-06
Bar Passage***
Lawyers2000
White 74.7% 72.9% 65.9% 65.5% 71.1% 71.1% 70.8% 83.5% 89.2%
Black 12.1% 9.5% 10.0% 10.5% 7.0% 7.1% 6.2% 5.9% 3.9%
Hispanic 14.5% 7.0% 8.5% 8.3% 7.2% 7.4% 6.8% 4.5% 3.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander 4.4% 6.8% 9.1% 8.1% 8.1% 8.0% 7.9% 4.2% 2.3%American Indian/AK Native 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 0.5%
Source: 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 3 1
** Bachelor's degrees conferred by degree-granting institutions
*** LSAC National Longitudinal Bar Passage Study participants entering law school Fall 1991 (n = 23,086)
1 - U.S. Census Bureau: 2005 American Community Survey, Estimates2 - National Center for Education Statistics' Digest of Education Statistics: 2006
3 - Law School Admission Council
4 - American Bar Association Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools 2008 Edition
Source: © Law School Admission Council. Prepared by Phil Handwerk, Institutional Researcher ([email protected]), March 2008
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Average LSAT 2007
ADMIT+ 2 AsPI+ 1 White156 average LSAT admit (157 avg LSAT matriculant)- 3 Hispanic- 2 Chicano - 2 AIAN- 6 AfAm-12 PRn/a Canadian Aboriginal
APPLY+ 2 AsPI+ 2 White153 average LSAT apply
- 5 Hispanic- 4 Chicano - 3 AIAN- 9 AfAm-13 PRn/a Canadian Aboriginal
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Source: Based on prior LSAC prepared slide
Undergrad GPA Avg LSAT
Applied Admitted Matriculated Applied AdmittedMatriculate
d
Am Ind 3.11 3.25 150 154
Black/Af Am 2.96 3.15 144 150
Caucasain/Wht 3.32 3.40 155 157
Chicano/Mex Am 3.13 3.26 149 154
Hispanic/Latino 3.15 3.28 148 153
Asian/Pac Isl 3.24 3.32 155 158
Puerto Rican 3.19 3.29 140 144
Other 3.25 3.34 153 156
Can Aboriginal n/a n/a n/a n/a
TOTAL Average 3.26 3.36 3.36 153 156 157
Undergraduate GPA and Average LSAT scores of Fall 2007 Applicants and Admits by Race/Ethnicity
© Law School Admission Council. Prepared by Phil Handwerk, Institutional Researcher ([email protected]), March 2008 11
The Law Community
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• Collaborative partners
• Well before the law school gates
• The new 3Rs
“Our partnerships allow us to say to our students: ‘You can do it. See, there are lots of important people who care about you and believe in you.’
Principal, Elana Karopkin, School of Law and Justice in Brooklyn, NY, whose partners include Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Brooklyn Law School.
The school motto is “…Knowledge of the law is power in the world.”
Law Community Examples
PROGRAMSContinuum
• Law themed schools• Curriculum • Co-curriculum
• MOOT COURT, MOCK TRIAL, YOUTH COURT etc.
• Relationships
COLLABORATIONSNational – State – local
– Cleveland 3Rs– BYU 6th gr mentoring– ENLACE– Wingspread– State Bar– California ALL
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Wingspread Meetings6/04 WI Wingspread2/05 WII Albuquerque9/05 WIII Wingspread5/06 WIV Cleveland7/06 WV Portland, ME10/06 WVI Monterey4/07 WVII Wingspread 9/07 WVIII Fort Worth 1/08 @ AALS7/08 WIX Portland, METba WX
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Wingspread Meetings
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BYU Mentoring
• Multifaceted approach to 6th grade
• Ongoing and successful
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Cleveland Municipal School District
17 http://www.clevelandbar.org/3Rs_Site/index.html
Law-themed /curriculum
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“the” curriculum law themed
schools
State Bar of California• Presidential Diversity Task Force• Council on Access & Fairness…to advise the
Board on strategies to enhance diversity opportunities and advancement in the legal profession within legal standards. – “Opportunities” encompasses leadership
development and appointments to State Bar entities, as well as initiatives to educate students about the law and career opportunities in the law, referred to as education “pipeline” initiatives.
– “Advancement” encompasses recruitment, employment, retention and advancement in the legal profession.
California ALL
Recognizing that California’s labor market demands an increasing population of highly-educated workers and that diversity in that workforce is good for business, good for our communities, and enhances the confidence and credibility of what we do for our customers, clients, and partners, there is an urgent need for both immediate and long term strategic approaches to provide for educational opportunities leading to successful careers in the legal, investment/finance, technological, and public policy arenas. Traditional approaches to diversity have failed to produce the expected results in our workforce. A paradigm shift in the approach to the lack of diversity is imperative to ensure that future generations are prepared. We cannot expect to employ educated workers who do not exist.
