Vernellia R. Randall
Co-founder, Racial Justice Now!
Professor Emerita of Law, The University of Dayton School of Law
University of New Mexico
Score | Rank | |
The Whitest Law School | 28 | 142 |
Total Whiteness | 51 | 171 |
Excess Whiteness | 18 | 129 |
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 |
65.2% | 51% | -14.2 |
First-Year Enrollment 2017-2019 | White Student Enrollment 2017-2019 | |
310 | 157 |
Excess Whiteness
National LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | National LSAC Pool White Applicants |
153 | 0 | 51% | 60% |
Regional LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | Regional LSAC Pool White Applicants | Region |
121 | 0 | 51% | 76% | Mountain West |
State LSAC Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | State LSAC Pool White Applicant | State |
91 | 4 | 51% | 46% | New Mexico |
State Population Excess Whiteness
Rank | Excess Whiteness | First Year White Students | State White Population | State |
55 | 14 | 51% | 37% | New Mexico |
Report | Historically White Law School | Private-Public Distinction | Tier | State | Region |
2004 and 2021 | Yes | Public | 3rd | New Mexico | Mountain West |