The Law School at South Carolina State College, a black college located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, was founded in 1947 as a segregated school to keep black students out of the state's all-white law school. However, this small law school produced in its nineteen-year existence a generation of attorneys whose education and achievements outlived…

These are tough times for the law profession. Employment prospects are the weakest they have been in decades. Wages have stagnated. Many blue chip law firms have laid off lawyers or are hiring fewer lawyers. Lately, law schools have been accused of luring students with false promises of cushy, high-paying jobs. There have been accusations of law…

Historically black colleges and universities remain an important source for the undergraduate and law school educations of African-American lawyers and judges, but it is no longer the case that the majority of African American lawyers are educated at the historically black schools. (SLD)

Discusses the declining enrollment of minority students in law school. Examines why this is happening, what measures are being taken to counteract it, and what still needs to be done to reverse this decline. Influences of faculty role models and Black law schools are discussed. (JS)

The ban on affirmative action in college and university admissions has stimulated law schools to recruit underrepresented minorities more aggressively, in some cases producing more competition for historically black institutions. Declines in law school minority enrollments are also attributed to student preferences for other areas of study, such…

Presents reasons for feeling hopeful about the position of African Americans in higher education that are headlined by the fact that black enrollment in higher education increased by 4.4% in 1992. Accompanying increases are seen for black enrollment in medical school and law school, as well as in black students who are planning for advanced…

Collection of articles, examines issues related to African Americans in higher education. Topics include black faculty; educational finance; law schools; black colleges; private universities; enrollment trends; high achieving African immigrants; bridging the racial computer gap; black women compared to black men and to white women in doctoral…