Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling banning affirmative action in college admissions, law school applicants are the most diverse ever.
According to the latest data from the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC).)Current national law school applicants include more than 43% people of color.
This data shows that the percentage of people of color in law school applications is at an all-time high.
The data also shows a 7% increase in the number of minority applicants compared to this time last year, when affirmative action in college admissions still existed.
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Law school applicants are becoming more diverse as the total number of law school applicants nationwide increases by 4%.
According to LSAC, The number of Hispanic applicants is up nearly 9% compared to this time last year.
The number of black applicants has increased by more than 7%, and the number of Asian applicants has increased by more than 6%, according to the data.
According to LSAC, white applicants also increased by 1% from the previous year.
According to the Law School Admissions Council, the number of students registered to take the law school entrance exam at the end of this month is nearly 15% higher than last year's data.
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Aaron Taylor, executive director of the AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence, said it remains to be seen whether there will be a more racially diverse class this fall, even though the applicant pool has become more diverse. Stated.
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“If we experience higher rejection rates among applicants of color after the current admissions cycle, we may see fewer applications from members of these groups in the future,” he said.
In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court justices ruled that Harvard University and the University of North Carolina's race-conscious admissions programs were unconstitutional, setting a precedent for affirmative action at other universities and colleges. Ta. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett to strike down affirmative action in college admissions. did.
“Alternatively, the benefits for students whose traditions and culture motivated them to take on leadership roles or achieve certain goals must be tied to that.” that student's Unique ability to contribute to the university. In other words, students must be treated based on their individual experiences, not their race,” the opinion states.
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“For too long, many universities have done the opposite, and in doing so, the touchstones of a person's identity are not the challenges they have overcome, the skills they have developed, or the lessons they have learned, but their skin. “We mistakenly concluded that it was a color. History does not condone that choice,” the opinion states.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote the lead dissenting opinion, joined in part by Justice Elena Kagan and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has recused himself from the case. harvard university incident from his previous role on Harvard University's Board of Overseers.
The Law School Admissions Council did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Reuters contributed to this report.
