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Yale Law Journal Editor Apologizes For ‘Unwelcoming Culture’
The prestigious Journal admitted 60 percent of black applicants in 2020, far higher than any other demographic group Yale University / Getty Images
The former editor in chief of the
Yale Law Journal apologized on Wednesday for his board’s role in what he describes as the
Journal’s troubling history of marginalization.
The apology from Alexander Nabavi-Noori came after a bevy of law school affinity groups charged that the prestigious law journal’s admissions practices are racist and demanded the
Journal release its admissions data, which showed that blacks in 2020 were admitted at a higher rate than any other demographic group.
Yale Law Students Said a Top Journal Was Racist. Admissions Data Suggest Otherwise. Yale University / Getty Images
The
Yale Law Journal on Friday released admissions data in the face of a week-long pressure campaign in which activists alleged that blacks are underrepresented on the masthead. The numbers demonstrate the opposite, showing that blacks and other minority groups are overrepresented on the prestigious journal relative both to the student body at large and the general population.
The conflagration began on Tuesday after a
Journal editor, Gavin Jackson, resigned, saying he felt used and tokenized in his position. Jackson s resignation elicited furious statements from a raft of affinity groups at the law school, which are demanding that the