Hi folks,
I don't know if this has been discussed on this board so if this is redundant, I apologize. With all the advice on TLS about reasons to not attend law school, I thought that I would post a referral to this article which gives some reasons why African Americans are needed in the profession. I do think that those considering attending law school should fully consider the implications of the debt load and the job prospects, especially depending on what school you attend. That being said, I hope that the heightened financial risk does not prevent more African Americans from attending which would worsen the already bad situation of few African Americans in the legal profession.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/marilyn ... rs-matter/
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AfrocentricAsian
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Re: A Possible Reason to Attend if you are African American
Very relevant. How much worse will these disparities be if AA is repealed? Really disgusts me.
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Re: A Possible Reason to Attend if you are African American
Posters are currently speculating over what may happen to the AA policies here: http://top-law-schools.com/forums/viewt ... start=4200AfrocentricAsian wrote:Very relevant. How much worse will these disparities be if AA is repealed? Really disgusts me.
Feel free to join in and discuss potential implications.
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Re: A Possible Reason to Attend if you are African American
Why is it impossible to imagine a white prosecutor being sufficiently angry over a racial injustice?
Marilyn Mosby assigned a white lawyer (Michael Schatzow) to the prosecution.
Marilyn Mosby assigned a white lawyer (Michael Schatzow) to the prosecution.
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AfrocentricAsian
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Re: A Possible Reason to Attend if you are African American
I mean the outcomes of legal proceedings clearly show that there's an abundance of white prosecutors who are. That's why African-American incarceration rates are so low.curious bobcat wrote:Why is it impossible to imagine a white prosecutor being sufficiently angry over a racial injustice?
Marilyn Mosby assigned a white lawyer (Michael Schatzow) to the prosecution.
