Black Enrollments in Law School Continue to Slide

In the 2005-06 academic year there were 9,195 black students attending the 190 U.S. law schools accredited by the American Bar Association. While enrollments of all races were up slightly from the previous year, total black law school enrollments decreased by 3 percent. As a result, blacks now make up 6.2 percent of all law school enrollments. In the year 2000, blacks were 7.1 percent of all law school enrollments.

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