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Race/Ethnicity Data

Beginning with the 2010–2011 school year, US academic institutions were required to report race/ethnicity data to the US Department of Education using new categories that allow for multiple race selection. LSAC is not obligated to follow the US Department of Education’s collection and reporting requirements. However, given that the majority of LSAC’s member institutions are US law schools, LSAC leadership determined that LSAC would make changes to the way it collects and reports race/ethnicity data. Consequently, starting with the June 2009 LSAT administration, LSAC implemented new race/ethnicity categories.

ABA Applicants by Ethnicity, Percentage of Total Application Population: 2009

Ethnic Group

2009

American Indian/Alaska Native

1 9

Asian/Pacific Islander Black/African American

11 64

Caucasian/White

Chicano/Mexican American

1 6 5 2 1

Hispanic/Latino

Other

Puerto Rican Not Indicated

ABA Applicants by Ethnicity, Percentage of Total Application Population: 2010

Ethnic Group

2010

American Indian/Alaska Native

1 8

Asian

Black/African American

11 60

Caucasian/White Hispanic/Latino

7

Native Hawaiian/Other/Pacific Islander

<1

Puerto Rican

2

Canadian Aboriginal

<1

Two or More Races/Ethnicities

4

BIENNIAL REPORT 2009–2011