OUR LOCAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STORY has made National Review:

Dillon, overcoming months of foot-dragging by the university by filing a state public access complaint, pried loose from the Law School the data on admissions from 1990 to 1999. The results are indeed extraordinary. As Dillon explains, "For each year for almost a decade, the average black student offered admission had an LSAT score of roughly the 30th percentile nationally, while the average non-minority admit had an LSAT score in roughly the 80th percentile." In view of this 50-point gap, what is "race" in UI Law School admissions if not "determinative?" And if claiming an African- American identity does not "necessarily" count more than any other factor, what other factor makes up for a 50-percentile point deficit on the LSAT?

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