preLaw magazine will release a report on the most diverse law schools in its Winter issues for the third time since 2012. This year, 60 law schools will be recognized, down from 70 in 2014.
The report is designed to identify the schools that have a breadth of races in their student and faculty, and that best match the national average.
To determine the most diverse law schools, preLaw broke down each school into six categories — percentage of minority faculty; percentage of black students; percentage of Asian and Hawaiian students; percentage of Hispanic students; percentage of American Indian students; and percentage of Caucasian students.
The editors then assigned each school a score from one to 10 for all categories, except for American Indians, which were scored on a scale of one to five.
A school that matched the U.S. national average for any race received a seven (or 3.5 for American Indian), and a school that was 30 percent or greater than the national average received a 10. The editors then weighted the student categories as 75 percent of the final diversity score and faculty at 25 percent.
Each school was assigned a grade, with schools that received a B+, A-, A or A+ being honored in the magazine. The magazine will also rank schools that received an A+ or A.
The Winter issue will appear in January 2017.
Honorees include (in alphabetical order):
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
ARIZONA SUMMIT LAW SCHOOL
ATLANTA’S JOHN MARSHALL LAW SHOOL
BARRY UNIVERSITY
CALIFORNIA WESTERN SCHOOL OF LAW
CALIFORNIA-DAVIS, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA-HASTINGS, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA-IRVINE, UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES, UNIVERSITY OF
CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF LAW
CHICAGO, UNIVERSITY OF
CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY
FLORIDA COASTAL SCHOOL OF LAW
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY
GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
HAWAII, UNIVERSITY OF
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY
HOUSTON, UNIVERSITY OF
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
ILLINOIS, UNIVERSITY OF
JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL
LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY-LOS ANGELES
MARYLAND, UNIVERSITY OF
MCGEORGE SCHOOL OF LAW
MEMPHIS, UNIVERSITY OF
MIAMI, UNIVERSITY OF
NEW MEXICO, UNIVERSITY OF
NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
SAN FRANCISCO, UNIVERSITY OF
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF
SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY
THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW
TOURO COLLEGE
UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA – LAS VEGAS
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS DALLAS
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
WESTERN STATE COLLEGE OF LAW
WHITTIER LAW SCHOOL
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY