Date: October 30, 2002
State of Texas Selected Minority Population Versus The University of Texas School of Law’s Selected Minority Population
According to the State Bar of Texas, .3% (1/3 of 1%) of Texans are lawyers.
|
African-American |
|
|
State of Texas Population |
11% |
|
Law School with affirmative action |
3-9% |
|
Law School without affirmative action |
1-4% |
|
Mexican-Americans |
|
|
State of Texas Population |
31% |
|
Law School with affirmative action |
8-14% |
|
Law School without affirmative action |
5-8% |
|
All Others |
|
|
State Population |
58% |
|
Law School with affirmative action |
80-87% |
|
Law School without affirmative action |
89-94% |
Sources: Enrollment data from opinion of U.S. District Court, Hopwood
v. Texas, 861 F. Supp. 554 (W.D. Tex. 1994); University of Texas Law School
Admissions Office for later years. Population data from Texas Comptroller of
Public Accounts. For more information please review the University of Texas
School of Law’s website or contact Professor Douglas Laycock at dlaycock@mail.law.utexas.edu
or (512) 232.1341.
For more information please go to http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/hopwood