Group Accuses Three Law Schools of Bias Against Whites

A group that opposes affirmative action is claiming that three law schools discriminate against whites.

The law schools named are the University of Nebraska, the University of Arizona and Arizona State, TaxProf Blog reports, citing reports in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

The latest report by the Center for Equal Opportunity says 389 whites were rejected by Nebraska in 2006 and 2007 even though they had higher undergraduate grades and scores on the Law School Admissions Test than black applicants, according to a press release.

In an earlier report, the group says the odds ratio favoring African-American law school applicants over whites was 250 to 1 at the University of Arizona and 1,115 to 1 at Arizona State, according to another press release. The ratio controls for year of admission, test scores, grades, state residency and sex.

Shelli Soto, dean of admissions and financial aid at Arizona State’s law school, told the Chronicle of Legal Education that the school admissions process was within legal boundaries. Nebraska law dean Steven Willborn told the publication in a second story that the group’s report was “a political statement.”