Under current practices, only 45% of blacks who enter law school pass the bar on their first attempt as opposed to over 78% of whites. Even after multiple tries, only 57% of blacks succeed. The rest are often saddled with student debt, routinely running as high as $160,000, not counting undergraduate debt. How great an increase in the number of black attorneys is needed to justify these costs?We wonder if the liberal establishment wants blacks to succeed.
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Have racial preferences reduced the number of black lawyers?
The Wall Street Journal reports: