AFFIRMATIVE ACTION MINORITY POLICY

Adopted Fall, 1987

The John Marshall Law School is eighty-eight years old. Through the course of its existence, the school has sought to enroll minorities and provide minority representation to the profession.  In fact, the Law School has an excellent reputation within the city of Chicago for affording minority students an opportunity to enter the legal profession.

Pursuant to the American Bar Association s Standard 212 and its Interpretations, this policy is drafted to demonstrate the Law School s commitment to affirmative action.

As a concrete means of demonstrating the Law School s commitment to providing equal opportunities for the study of law and entry into the profession by qualified members of groups that have been victims of discrimination in various forms, the Law School will seek to do the following:

1. With respect to the area of admissions, the Law School will:

a. Promote programs to identify outstanding minority high school students and college undergraduates and encourage them to study law.

b. Consciously plan law school recruitment of minority applicants.

c. Effect contact with colleges having substantial numbers of minority students.

d. Support the activities of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO).

e. Develop programs that assist in meeting the unusual financial needs of minority students.

2. With respect to the law school educational experience, the School will seek to create a favorable law school environment for minority students.  The School will seek to provide academic support services, support minority student organizations, seek to promote contact with minority lawyers and be conscious of the need to hire minority administrators.

3. With respect to the area of Career Services, the Law School will:

a. Participate in job fairs and other programs designed t bring minority students to the attention of employers.

b. Establish procedures to review the experiences of minority graduates to determine whether their employers are affording equal opportunity to members of minority groups for advancement and promotion.

4. With respect to the area of Faculty Development, the Law School will seek to obtain minority representation on the faculty through strong affirmative action recruiting for available tenure-track positions in the school.