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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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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 (phandwerk@lsac.org), 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

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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 (phandwerk@lsac.org), 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.

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FMI Sarah E. Redfieldsarah.redfield@gmail.com207-752-1721 cell