Supreme Court of the United States

Book Id: WPLBN0000144303
Format Type: PDF eBook
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Supreme Court of the United States
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Supreme Court of the United States. (n.d.). Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Excerpt
Excerpt: The University of Michigan Law School (Law School), one of the Nation’s top law schools, follows an official admissions policy that seeks to achieve student body diversity through compliance with Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U. S. 265. Focusing on students’ academic ability coupled with a flexible assessment of their talents, experiences, and potential, the policy requires admissions officials to evalu-ate each applicant based on all the information available in the file, including a personal statement, letters of recommendation, an essay describing how the applicant will contribute to Law School life and diversity, and the applicant’s undergraduate grade point average (GPA) and Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) score. Additionally, officials must look beyond grades and scores to so-called “soft vari-ables,” such as recommenders’ enthusiasm, the quality of the under-graduate institution and the applicant’s essay, and the areas and dif-ficulty of undergraduate course selection. The policy does not define diversity solely in terms of racial and ethnic status and does not re-strict the types of diversity contributions eligible for “substantial weight,” but it does reaffirm the Law School’s commitment to diver-sity with special reference to the inclusion of African-American, His-panic, and Native-American students, who otherwise might not be represented in the student body in meaningful numbers. By enroll-ing a “critical mass” of underrepresented minority students, the pol-icy seeks to ensure their ability to contribute to the Law School’s character and to the legal profession.

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