Law School Admission Council Creates $10 Million Diversity Initiative.(Brief Article)

NEWTON, PA.

The Law School Admission Council has created a $10 million, 5-year effort to encourage law schools to rethink their admission policies and adopt strategies that will achieve greater diversity in the legal profession.

Called the "Initiative to Advance Education on the LSAT," the effort comes in response to concerns expressed by law schools that recent court decisions have severely limited affirmative action efforts in admission. According to many admission officials, law schools need new tools to encourage more diversity on campus and to protect the gains made over the past three decades. To achieve this, law schools must look past traditional, …