Of course Michigan found away around it, look at the LSAT scores of some of the minorities they admitted. If they were judged by the same standards as the rest of us, they'd hardly be attending a top 10 school. I've known a lot of people who've gone to law school and would seem that those who scored in the 170s on the LSAT do tend to do better - there is a reason that law schools favor the LSAT as the main predictor of how well you will do. There are exceptions of course, but there are exceptions to every rule.