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HBCU Law Schools Struggling Due to Underfunding

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 16, 2022

There are six Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) law schools in the U.S., established because Black students were denied access to law school, and each is struggling due to underfunding. “We carry the weight of diversifying the profession," Howard University School of Law Dean Danielle Holley-Walker told Law.com, adding, “In the last few years, there is a heightened look at diversity in this profession. HBCU deans are under a lot of focus and scrutiny because of who we’re training.” But because of the underfunding, there is the challenge of having enough people to do the work, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law Dean Joan R.M. Bullock said.