Not Just Rhetoric...Backed Up With Hard Numbers

The Southern University Law Center received high marks from the National Jurist, a national publication for law students, in its March 2004 edition for gender and ethnic diversity.  To determine which law schools have done the best job of promoting gender and ethnic diversity, the National Jurist compared the enrollments of women and minorities at 172 law schools in 1993 and 2003.  The Law Center ranked 20th out of 172 law students for having the most diverse student population.  The ranking means that this institution is among the top 12 percent of law schools in terms of gender and ethnic diversity.  The findings illustrate that promoting gender and ethnic diversity at the Law Center has been a long standing commitment that is backed up with hard numbers and not rhetoric.  Based on the findings, SULC is clearly the most gender and ethnically diverse law school in the state of Louisiana.  Again, we have been recognized nationally for our leadership role in creating equal opportunity and opening access to legal education for underrepresented minorities.