Affirmative Action in American Law Schools

A new study to be published this month in the Stanford Law Review is causing controversy by questioning whether affirmative action policies actually help African Americans who attend law school. The study concludes that African Americans who benefit from affirmative action are being admitted to law schools where they find themselves in over their heads, achieving lower grades and failing the bar exam in higher numbers than they would have without the preferences. Host Larry Mantle speaks with Richard Sander, professor of law at UCLA and author of A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools, and critic Cheryl Harris, Professor of Law at UCLA, with expertise in the area of constitutional law, employment law, race and the law.