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Deans & Legal Education
A Selected Bibliography
Saul Levmore, Surprising Admissions, 34 U. Tol. L. Rev. 113 (2002).
The author writes about surprising experiences with the admission process.
Jerry R. Parkinson, Admissions after Grutter, 35 U. Tol. L. Rev. 159 (2003).
The author considers law schools’ continued heavy reliance on “the numbers” – LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA – and the impact that reliance has on diversity in admissions.
Laura Rothstein, The LSAT, U.S. News & World Report, and Minority Admissions: Special Challenges and Special Opportunities for Law School Deans, 80 St. John’s L. Rev. 257 (2006).
The author discusses the emphasis on LSAT scores in the U.S. News law school rankings and the impact of that emphasis on the admission of minority students. The article focuses on how law school constituencies, from faculty to applicants to prospective employers, react to the U.S. News rankings and considers how a dean might respond to them.
Rennard Strickland, Rethinking Fairness, Diversity, and Appropriate Test Use in Law School Admission Models: Observations of an Itinerant Dean, 31 U. Tol. L. Rev. 743 (2000).
The author offers his thoughts on how to achieve fairness and diversity in the admissions process, while relying less on the current numbers-driven approach.
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