Vernellia R. Randall
Co-founder, Racial Justice Now!
Professor Emerita of Law, The University of Dayton School of Law
Wayne State University
Score | Rank | |
The Whitest Law School | 57 | 65 |
Total Whiteness | 81 | 28 |
Excess Whiteness | 41 | 64 |
The higher the score, the lower the rank the Whiter the school, the more total whiteness or excess whiteness
Total Whiteness
First Year White Students 2004 | First Year White Students 2017-1019 | Change in Whiteness from 2004 |
83.7% | 81% | -2.7 |
First-Year Enrollment 2017-2019 | White Student Enrollment 2017-2019 | |
420 | 342 |
Excess Whiteness
National LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | National LSAC Pool White Applicants |
29 | 21 | 81% | 60% |
Regional LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | Regional LSAC Pool White Applicants | Region |
76 | 6 | 81% | 76% | Great Lakes |
State LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | State LSAC Pool White Applicant | State |
69 | 7 | 81% | 74% | Michigan |
State Population Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | State White Population | State |
92 | 7 | 81% | 75% | Michigan |
Report | Historically White Law School | Private-Public Distinction | Tier | State | Region |
2004 and 2021 | Yes | Public | 2nd | Michigan | Great Lakes |