David B. Wilkins on Harvard Law’s Black Students

David B. Wilkins, CLP faculty director, is quoted in an article in Bloomberg on “Why Harvard Law Is Losing Black Students,” about Harvard Law’s Black student population since the landmark Supreme Court case barring race-conscious admissions. The article says, drawing on Wilkins’ expertise.

Given the outsized role that credentials and connections play in the workplace, shrinking Black enrollment has repercussions beyond the classroom, said David Wilkins, a Harvard Law professor who has studied race in the legal profession. 

“You’re also closing off the entry point to those important jobs where the people in them have transformed American society,” said Wilkins, who taught another famous Harvard Law grad — former first lady Michelle Obama — as a student.