Black enrollment at Harvard Law tanks by more than half after affirmative action ruling

Black student enrollment at Harvard Law took a nosedive after the Supreme Court ruled against race-based admissions last year.

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on affirmative action in the summer of 2023, rejecting the use of race as a factor in college admissions as a violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

On Monday, the New York Times reported, "Harvard Law enrolled 19 first-year Black students, or 3.4 percent of the class, the lowest number since the 1960s, according to the data from the American Bar Association. Last year, the law school’s first-year class had 43 Black students."