{"id":108231,"date":"2024-12-18T00:04:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/steep-decline-in-black-hispanic-enrollment-at-harvard-law-after-supreme-court-ruling\/"},"modified":"2024-12-18T00:04:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T00:04:09","slug":"steep-decline-in-black-hispanic-enrollment-at-harvard-law-after-supreme-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/steep-decline-in-black-hispanic-enrollment-at-harvard-law-after-supreme-court-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Steep decline in Black, Hispanic enrollment at Harvard Law after Supreme Court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The first Harvard Law class admitted into the university since the Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action at U.S. colleges<\/a> last year is significantly less diverse, with a steep decline in Black and Hispanic student enrollment, according to data reported by The Harvard Crimson.<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the data<\/a>, which was reported to the American Bar Association, Harvard Law\u2019s J.D. Class of 2027 includes 19 Black students, as opposed to 43 students the previous year \u2013 with enrollment dropping by more than half. Enrollment of Hispanic students also steeply declined, with 32 students admitted into the class of 2027, compared with 63 the previous year.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, enrollment of Asian students increased from 103 to 132 students in the class of 2027.<\/p>\n

ABC News reached out to representatives at Harvard University and Harvard Law for comment and to learn the total student enrollment for the class of 2027, but requests were not immediately returned.<\/p>\n

Jeff Neal, a spokesperson for Harvard Law, told ABC News in a statement on Tuesday that following the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark ruling last year, it was \u201cunderstood that the decision would impact, in ways that could not be fully anticipated, the ability of educational institutions across the nation, including law schools, to attract and admit a diverse cohort of students.\u201d But Neal added that conclusions that can be drawn from a single year of data are \u201cnecessarily limited.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to believe that a student body composed of persons with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences is a vital component of legal education,\u201d Neal said. \u201cHarvard Law School remains committed both to following the law and to fostering an on-campus community and a legal profession that reflect numerous dimensions of human experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABC News reached out to representatives of Harvard University for additional comment.<\/p>\n

The ruling stemmed from two cases regarding the admissions programs at both Harvard and the University of North Carolina, where the court ruled in an opinion with a conservative majority that both programs violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.<\/p>\n

Associate Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented in the two cases, but Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented in only the UNC case \u2013 having served on the Board of overseers at Harvard, her alma mater \u2013 she recused herself in the final Harvard case vote.<\/p>\n

Prior to the blockbuster ruling, affirmative action had been used by U.S. colleges and universities for decades to diversify campuses and address issues of inequality. Its constitutionality was repeatedly upheld by the Supreme Court prior to the June 2023 ruling, as long as a student\u2019s race is only one of the factors that was considered during the admissions process.<\/p>\n

According to the Harvard Crimson, the Supreme Court\u2019s decision led to a change in Harvard Law School\u2019s admissions process, where applicants were required to submit a \u201cStatement of Purpose\u201d and \u201cStatement of Perspective\u201d \u2013 as opposed to a personal statement \u2013 where they were asked to \u201cshare how your experiences, background, and\/or interests have shaped you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sean Wynn, President of the Harvard Black Law Students Association, shared a statement with ABC News on Tuesday on behalf of the HBLSA that emphasizes the historical contributions of Black J.D.\u2019s in shaping Harvard Law, as well as the community\u2019s notable contributions to the U.S. legal system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe African-American experience has always been intimately tied to the development of American law, often playing a role in both its most maligned and most revered moments. Making sense of this jarring corpus with a smaller community is a tall order in and of itself, made even more difficult with the added expectation that these students provide a \u2018Black perspective\u2019 in class discussions,\u201d the statement added. \u201cThe demographic shift places significant pressure on those few Black students present to represent the Black community, in all its variety and complexity, during conversations about the law.”<\/p>\n

The statement also called on Harvard law and law schools around the country to \u201ctake immediate action to ensure the democratization of legal education,\u201d stating that the decline in Black student enrollment at the law school \u201chas broken something fundamental about the experience of attending this law school.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABC News’ Devin Dwyer contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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