Abstract
This Article measures the difference between perceptions of HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) law schools and their objective performance. This is conducted by comparing the disparities between each law school’s U.S. News & World Report subjective peer ranking and objective overall ranking. This novel methodology provides valuable insight into the role race plays in legal education and the practice of law. This comes at a critical juncture where issues such as the Supreme Court’s banning of race-conscious admissions, new findings regarding law school mismatch, the racially motivated rankings boycott, and the Trump administration’s aggressive targeting of colleges are all converging to create a potential inflection point. The provocative results of this study will hopefully serve as a powerful catalyst to spark research in related fields and ignite fruitful discussion.
Recommended Citation
Michael Conklin,
HBCUs and Disparate Law School Rankings,
74 Clev. St. L. Rev.
593
(2026)
available at https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/clevstlrev/vol74/iss3/5
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