Legal (under)representation.

Legal (under)representation. No Diverse edition on law would be complete without a statisticallook at diversity in law. People of color Noun 1. people of color - a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)people of colour, colour, colorrace - people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important , particularlyAfrican-Americans and Latinos, are severely under-represented in everyfacet, from law school enrollment to practice as corporate counsel.Blacks, who make up 12.8 percent of the U.S. population, were just 7.2percent of law school matriculants in fall 2009, according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the LawSchool Admission Council. Hispanics make up 15.4 percent of thenation's population but a significantly lower percent of fall 2009law school matriculants: 1.3 percent were Chicano/Mexican-American; 1.6percent Puerto Rican; and 5.3 percent Hispanic/Latino. It is worthnoting the institutions that are producing the most minority law schoolgraduates. According to Diverse's 2009 Top 100 Graduate DegreeProducers, Harvard Law was the No. 1 producer of minority graduates. ForAfrican-American students, Howard University holds the title; forHispanics, it's the University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System.The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas ; forAsian-Americans, Loyola Marymount University; and for Native Americans,University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. , Norman campus. [GRAPHIC OMITTED] [GRAPHIC OMITTED]Median income of lawyers by setting and racePractice Setting Black Hispanic Asian WhiteLarge law firm $132,500 $127,000 $150,000 $160,000(101 + lawyers)Federal Govt $110,000 $103,000 $103,000 $98,800Business--inside $124,000 $155,000 $163,000 $147,000counselSOURCE: AFTER THE JD II: RESULTS FROM A NATIONAL STUDY OFLEGAL CAREERS, THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION AND THE NALPFOUNDATION FOR LAWCAREER RESEARCH AND EDUCATION