Top Producers of African Americans with Law Degrees

[NovaSkegee]

2008-2009 Top Producers of African Americans with Law Degrees

1 Howard University 102  
2 Texas Southern University 95
3 Florida A&M University (Orlando) 90
4 Thomas M. Cooley Law School MI 83
5 Southern University Law Center 68
6 Harvard University 66
7 Georgetown University 56  
8 North Carolina Central University 47
9 American University 46
10 George Washington University 38
10 New York University 38
12 University of Virginia 37
13 Florida Coastal School of Law 34
14 Brooklyn Law School 32
14 Columbia University 32

Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Howard University School of Law

• January 6, 1869  Law Department opened its doors to students
• February 3, 1871 first class graduated
• 1872  law school graduated the first black woman lawyer, Charlotte E. Ray. She was first woman to be admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
• 1900 Three year law program began
• 1931 School of Law was accredited by the American Bar Association, (ABA), and granted membership in the Association of American Law Schools, (AALS)

Thurgood Marshall, Howard Law graduated was the first African American to be a United States Supreme Court Justice
Two of the 4 African Americans US Senators, post reconstruction, are graduates of the Howard University School of Law: Edward William Brooke, III and Roland Burris


Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law

• 1947 Established under Texas State Senate Bill 140 as a consequence of a 1946 lawsuit brought by Heman M. Sweatt. Under the Texas Constitution, which required separate but equal treatment. As a result, the legislature provided for an interim and separate law school for African Americans. During its first academic year, the law school was housed in Austin, Texas
• 1950 Law School awarded its first Doctor of Jurisprudence degree
• February 14, 1976 school was formally named The Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Barbara C. Jordan, in 1972, was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman from a Southern state to serve in the House.


Florida A&M University College of Law

• December 21, 1949 division of law established
• 1951 First class was admitted in 1951
• 1965 Florida legislature transferred law school to Florida State University
• 1966 Florida A&M lost the right to admit students for law
• 1968 The last Florida A&M law students graduated

57 law students graduated from the school between 1954 and 1968

• 2000 Florida Legislature unanimously passed legislation establishing a College of Law for Florida A&M University to be located in Orlando
• June 14, 2000  Governor Jeb Bush signed the bill into law
• 2003 Florida A&M University College of Law opens in Orlando
• 2004 The American Bar Association granted the Florida A&M University College of Law provisional approval
• July 2009 ABA accreditation was achieved

Southern University Law Center

• January 10, 1947 Plans for the law school were approved by the State Board of Education
• September 1947 Law school opened to provide legal education for African American students

There are more than 3,000 alumni of the Southern University Law Center
Mary Gloria Lawson was the first African American woman admitted to the Louisiana Bar June 12, 1956
Justice Revius O. Ortique, Jr. former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Chris Roggerson, Jr.  former supervising attorney of the U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission, former deputy director to Secretary in the U.S. Department for Health, Education, and Welfare's Office of Civil Rights and former staff director of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.


North Carolina Central University - School of Law

• 1939 North Carolina General Assembly authorized the North Carolina College for Negroes to establish a law school for African Americans
• 1940 School formally opened
• 1944 school admitted its first women
• 1965 First white students enrolled

Maynard Jackson First African American mayor of Atlanta
George K. Butterfield, Jr. former NC Resident Superior Court judge. In February 2001, he was appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court by Governor Mike Easley. Butterfield was elected to Congress in on July 20, 2004.
Mike Easley former Governor  (Dem), State of North Carolina serving 2 terms from 2001 to 2009

[NovaSkegee]

It's strange that NCCU for an HBCU graduates fewer blacks than does:

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Harvard University
Georgetown University  

Isn't that a little embarrassing? UNC Chapel Hills law school isnt graduating the top amount of African Americans so why isn't NCCU graduating more African Americans than they are?

[NovaSkegee]

Harvard and Georgetown University are some of the top law schools in the country and they graduated more blacks than NCCU?

What's the deal at NCCU?

[Bison 4 Life]

Georgetown is a very large law school the has day & night programs. They tend to get folks who don't get into the top tier (Harvard, Yale, NYU, Penn, etc)

[CASEY@THEBAT]

Harvard and Georgetown University are some of the top law schools in the country and they graduated more blacks than NCCU?

What's the deal at NCCU?

The question should be what % pass the bar exam and what is the number of graduates.?  Getting into Law school is competitive in the RTP area of NC.  I would question the number of black males at all the institutions listed. With an acceptance rate of 20% many persons who apply do not get in to a school located in a hot area of NC.  I'm sure that will be the case with FAMU in Orlando.  Many bright applicants apply and acceptance in competitive.  The nature of that beast.   That is the deal with NCCU.  It is a very good school of Law has a very good image in the area.  Excellent faculty and students. It may not fit Nova's idea of an HBCU but we like it.

[Cholly]

Harvard and Georgetown University are some of the top law schools in the country and they graduated more blacks than NCCU?

What's the deal at NCCU?

What's the deal with YOU?!?!

Why do you ALWAYS feel the need and find a way to CRITICIZE HBCUs in EVERY SINGLE THREAD? 

[CASEY@THEBAT]

Harvard and Georgetown University are some of the top law schools in the country and they graduated more blacks than NCCU?

What's the deal at NCCU?

What's the deal with YOU?!?!

Why do you ALWAYS feel the need and find a way to CRITICIZE HBCUs in EVERY SINGLE THREAD? 

Thanks Cholly.  I was thinking the same. Harvard has thousand plus law students.  NCCU has maybe 500(?) I don't know but they have a very, very  good rate of bar passing.  What goes in, come out in terms of quality..

[Bison 4 Life]

I think NOVA wants every HBCU to have a national profile. I for on think there are  not enough HBCU law schools period. Hampton, Morehouse and maybe alabama A&M/State should push for one.

also in this recession HBCU law schools are a bargin,but lets not fool ourselves non-whtes have discovered  them  also.

[Bison 4 Life]

2008-2009 Top Producers of African Americans with Law Degrees

1 Howard University 102  
2 Texas Southern University 95
3 Florida A&M University (Orlando) 90
4 Thomas M. Cooley Law School MI 83
5 Southern University Law Center 68
6 Harvard University 66
7 Georgetown University 56  
8 North Carolina Central University 47
9 American University 46
10 George Washington University 38
10 New York University 38
12 University of Virginia 37
13 Florida Coastal School of Law 34
14 Brooklyn Law School 32
14 Columbia University 32

Source: U.S. Department of Education
_______________________________________________

Howard University School of Law

• January 6, 1869  Law Department opened its doors to students
• February 3, 1871 first class graduated
• 1872  law school graduated the first black woman lawyer, Charlotte E. Ray. She was first woman to be admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
• 1900 Three year law program began
• 1931 School of Law was accredited by the American Bar Association, (ABA), and granted membership in the Association of American Law Schools, (AALS)

Thurgood Marshall, Howard Law graduated was the first African American to be a United States Supreme Court Justice
Two of the 4 African Americans US Senators, post reconstruction, are graduates of the Howard University School of Law: Edward William Brooke, III and Roland Burris


Texas Southern University
Thurgood Marshall School of Law

• 1947 Established under Texas State Senate Bill 140 as a consequence of a 1946 lawsuit brought by Heman M. Sweatt. Under the Texas Constitution, which required separate but equal treatment. As a result, the legislature provided for an interim and separate law school for African Americans. During its first academic year, the law school was housed in Austin, Texas
• 1950 Law School awarded its first Doctor of Jurisprudence degree
• February 14, 1976 school was formally named The Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Barbara C. Jordan, in 1972, was elected to the US House of Representatives, becoming the first African American woman from a Southern state to serve in the House.


Florida A&M University College of Law

• December 21, 1949 division of law established
• 1951 First class was admitted in 1951
• 1965 Florida legislature transferred law school to Florida State University
• 1966 Florida A&M lost the right to admit students for law
• 1968 The last Florida A&M law students graduated

57 law students graduated from the school between 1954 and 1968

• 2000 Florida Legislature unanimously passed legislation establishing a College of Law for Florida A&M University to be located in Orlando
• June 14, 2000  Governor Jeb Bush signed the bill into law
• 2003 Florida A&M University College of Law opens in Orlando
• 2004 The American Bar Association granted the Florida A&M University College of Law provisional approval
• July 2009 ABA accreditation was achieved

Southern University Law Center

• January 10, 1947 Plans for the law school were approved by the State Board of Education
• September 1947 Law school opened to provide legal education for African American students

There are more than 3,000 alumni of the Southern University Law Center
Mary Gloria Lawson was the first African American woman admitted to the Louisiana Bar June 12, 1956
Justice Revius O. Ortique, Jr. former member of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Chris Roggerson, Jr.  former supervising attorney of the U.S. Employment Opportunity Commission, former deputy director to Secretary in the U.S. Department for Health, Education, and Welfare's Office of Civil Rights and former staff director of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.


North Carolina Central University - School of Law

• 1939 North Carolina General Assembly authorized the North Carolina College for Negroes to establish a law school for African Americans
• 1940 School formally opened
• 1944 school admitted its first women
• 1965 First white students enrolled

Maynard Jackson First African American mayor of Atlanta
George K. Butterfield, Jr. former NC Resident Superior Court judge. In February 2001, he was appointed to the North Carolina Supreme Court by Governor Mike Easley. Butterfield was elected to Congress in on July 20, 2004.
Mike Easley former Governor  (Dem), State of North Carolina serving 2 terms from 2001 to 2009

Where is the University of the District of Coulumbia?

[Cholly]

I think NOVA wants every HBCU to have a national profile. I for on think there are  not enough HBCU law schools period. Hampton, Morehouse and maybe alabama A&M/State should push for one.

also in this recession HBCU law schools are a bargin,but lets not fool ourselves non-whtes have discovered  them  also.

FAMU has had a few classes with larger white populations than black.

And we have ALL seen Nova criticize various HBCUs in his threads just like he criticized Central in this one: WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION.

It's OLD now...

[scstatealum]

SCSU actually has a large number of political science students who are trying to get into law school at howard, nccu and famu.  howard law schools dean of admission is a SCSU grad.

[SkegeeFAMU]

Harvard and Georgetown University are some of the top law schools in the country and they graduated more blacks than NCCU?

What's the deal at NCCU?

The question should be what % pass the bar exam and what is the number of graduates.?  Getting into Law school is competitive in the RTP area of NC.  I would question the number of black males at all the institutions listed. With an acceptance rate of 20% many persons who apply do not get in to a school located in a hot area of NC.  I'm sure that will be the case with FAMU in Orlando.  Many bright applicants apply and acceptance in competitive.  The nature of that beast.   That is the deal with NCCU.  It is a very good school of Law has a very good image in the area.  Excellent faculty and students. It may not fit Nova's idea of an HBCU but we like it.

I'd rather see NCCU graduate confer 500 law degrees and all 500 pass the bar, rather than have a situation where they confer 1,000+ degrees and only half pass the bar.

[Brother Tony]

I AGREE! 
QUANTITY AIN'T SCHIT WITHOUT QUALITY! 

[SkegeeFAMU]

It's strange that NCCU for an HBCU graduates fewer blacks than does:

Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Harvard University
Georgetown University  

Isn't that a little embarrassing? UNC Chapel Hills law school isnt graduating the top amount of African Americans so why isn't NCCU graduating more African Americans than they are?

No it is not embarrassing.  HBCU's do not have a monopoly on the top African American talent wishing to further their education.

Keep in mind that Georgetown and Cooley are located in areas where there are large number of African Americans looking to attend law school, so the number of AA's graduating from those institutions is going to be higher than normal.  I don't consider that a negative reflection of any of our schools.

Does the fact that the University of Phoenix confers more degrees to AA's than any single HBCU in any way diminish what HBCU's are doing?  I don't think so!!

[Brother Tony]