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Confirmative Action

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

Lani Guinier
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Lempert, Chambers, and Adams's study of the careers of three generations of students of color admitted to the University of Michigan Law School fills several important gaps in our knowledge about the consequences and implications of affirmative action protocols in law school admission. First, it provides empirical data for the argument that conventional test-based admission policies both mask and support deep flaws in the way we allocate opportunity and privilege.

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“From The Trenches and Towers”
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , Spring 2000, pp. 565 - 583
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2000 

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