Tuesday
03/07/06
03/07/06
Group takes steps to boost number of minority lawyers
It’s tough to get much whiter than the legal profession, which in California is 85 percent white.
The American Bar Association says it’s time that changed.
The association has proposed stricter diversity requirements for the 193 law schools it has accredited nationally. The ABA’s governing body will vote on the rule change in August.
For many schools, the reform would require that administrators take steps to increase minority enrollment through admissions preferences and recruiting. But the policy is less clear for schools in California and other states that forbid affirmative action in college admissions.
