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Summer University graduates bask in the glory of graduating as they line up for group pictures.
Jessie Swimeley Emerald
Law school’s diversity stows
■This year’s freshman class
includes a larger number of
minority students than in
previous years
By Danielle Gillespie
for the Emerald
As doors open and new stu
dents flood into hallways and scat
ter in search of classrooms, the
University School of Law will be
come alive again with 172 incom
ing freshmen.
This year, the freshman class is
a slightly more diverse student
body as a result of the law
school’s continuing attempts to
attract more minority students
and provide more opportunities
for women while increasing aca
demic standards.
"We are very pleased to wel
come this group of students,”
said Katherine Jernberg, the law
school director of admissions.
“The application process was ex
tremely selective this year be
cause the University wanted to
decrease class size, and the num
ber of students applying in
creased 17 percent with a high of
1,372 applicants."
Jernberg said the number of mi
nority students attending the law
school has also increased from pre
vious years. In 2000, the entering
class had 13.9 percent minority
students, and this year it has 15
percent.
She said this increase can be
credited to the law school’s out
reach programs and groups at the
University that aid minorities in
their education and encourage
their pursuit of law. The Asian-Pa
cific, African-American, Latin
American, Native American and
Minority law associations work to
gether to provide a network of sup
port for minorities, she said.
"This year, the Latin American
Law School Association is plan
ning on putting more effort and
time into helping first-year stu
dents feel welcome by providing
contacts with returning students
to offer advice and support," said
the group’s Co-director Margarita
Molina.
In addition, Jernberg said the
University annually holds a Mi
nority Law Day, which is an out
reach program that allows minori
ty students to interact with
professors and current law stu
dents.
"Our faculty is constantly trying
to involve and encourage minori
ties, and it is greatly appreciated,"
she said.
However, unlike Oregon's other
two law schools, Lewis and Clark
College and Willamette University,
the University of Oregon does not
have a staff position to support mi
nority students and to handle mi
nority recruitment.
"Although I believe that minor
ity recruitment has improved and
the administration is moving in
the right direction, there is a lot
of work to be done ... We do have
the dean of student affairs, who
does an incredible job, but it
would be nice to have a staff
member whose sole position was
to handle minority recruitment
and issues," Minority Law Asso
ciation Co-director Denise Es
pinoza said.
The percentage of women who
will be entering the law school
this fall has slightly declined
from last year. Jernberg said in
2000, the law school admitted 53
percent males and 47 percent fe
males. This year’s accepted class
is 57 percent male and 43 percent
female, but Jernberg said the ratio
between men and women still re
mains close.
"We are very interested in the
achievement of women and
women participation,” she said.
“At our University, we have more
women active with the Student
Bar Association, law review and
law journals than at other col
leges across the country. Overall,
we are in a good spot right now,
but there is always room for im
provement."
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