Summary: The Importance Of Diversity In Law Schools

In 1997 Barbara Grutter, a white female Michigan resident with a 3.8 GPA and a 161 LSAT score, applied to go to the University of Michigan Law School, one of the nation’s top law schools. The school follows an official admissions policy that strives to achieve a diverse student body in accordance to the president set by Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke. She was denied acceptance into the school. When the school was asked why, they openly admitted that it uses race as a factor in making admissions decisions because it serves a "compelling interest in achieving diversity among its student body." A year, later Jennifer Gratz applied for admission to the University of Michigan’ College of Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA) as a resident of the state of Michigan. Although the LSA considered Gratz to be well qualified and within the qualification range, she was denied early admission and eventually denied admission as a student. Once

Selection of race is needed to give minorities an equal chance at getting into a college. The reason for the need of this program is because it is the only one that forces colleges and other businesses to promote having a diverse environment. I believe that if schools did not have requirements on ethnic diversity, then the already small percent of minorities that do go to college would diminish.

Research has shown that the use of race in schools to determine applicants helps to promote a diverse community. The schools that have applied this have seen improvements in their communities understanding and knowledge of other minorities. These schools have also had many graduates that went off into well-paying jobs that were originally elusive to poor and minority group. It has also been proven that promoting diverse minorities going to and graduating from college promotes the desire to go to college in their