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Update: Black Enrollment at HLS

November 30, 2018 //  by HBLSA Admin//  Leave a Comment

HLS and the Efforts to Increase Black Student Numbers on Campus

Fall 2018 | By Jordan Kennedy

HBLSA students on the annual Martha’s Vineyard trip

Over the last admissions cycle, law schools across the country have seen a glut in applicants and an even more significant increase in the total number of applications. According to an article by the Harvard Crimson earlier this year, verified by the Law School, Harvard Law School received 7,578 applications this past year alone, a 32 percent increase over the prior year. Black applicants in particular have skyrocketed as well, six percent higher relative to the previous year. It may not seem like much, however black enrollment in law schools across the country has been declining year after year since the late 2000’s. This year seemed to reverse the trend. …

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