"Officially", it's rather simple - African-American, Latino and American Indian/Native American.However, for many schools, it's much more nuanced than that, where some Asians (Filipinos, Hmong and Vietnamese) are included, and some URMs, Cubans, non-tribal-affiliated NDNs, are discounted.I suspect it may get a lot more interesting under the newly instituted changes to the ABA Standard 211, which requires all law schools to provide evidence of diversity programs in order to be (or remain) accredited.
"Officially", it's rather simple - African-American, Latino and American Indian/Native American.
Can someone explain to me why women are not URM's most schools have less than 49% women enrolled...how can they not be URMs? Until genders are 50/50 aren't they underrepresented?
Quote from: Cabra on October 16, 2007, 04:06:03 PMQuote from: maryceleste on October 16, 2007, 03:42:49 PMCan someone explain to me why women are not URM's most schools have less than 49% women enrolled...how can they not be URMs? Until genders are 50/50 aren't they underrepresented?I've heard from a former adcomm that sometimes schools struggle to admit a more gender balanced class, so women can get a teeny boost at top schools. But it's a feather on the scale kind of thing.And women across all ethnic and racial groups score on average 2 points below men on the LSATs. So women often do get that boost due in part to that discrepancy.
Quote from: maryceleste on October 16, 2007, 03:42:49 PMCan someone explain to me why women are not URM's most schools have less than 49% women enrolled...how can they not be URMs? Until genders are 50/50 aren't they underrepresented?I've heard from a former adcomm that sometimes schools struggle to admit a more gender balanced class, so women can get a teeny boost at top schools. But it's a feather on the scale kind of thing.
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