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Articles and Commentary on the Stanford Law Review article
by UCLA Law Professor, Richard Sander

From the Chronicle of Higher Education:

From the issue dated April 22, 2005
New Issue of 'Stanford Law Review' Will Rebut a Critic of Affirmative Action
By Katherine S. Mangan

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i33/33a02301.htm

From the issue dated January 21, 2005
Affirmative Action and Military Recruiting Spur Debate at Law-School Meeting
By Katherine S. Mangan

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i20/20a01901.htm

From the issue dated December 17, 2004
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The Debate About Affirmative Action

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i17/17a05501.htm

From the issue dated November 12, 2004
Does Affirmative Action Hurt Black Law Students?
A new study that challenges a 'cherished' admissions practice has critics lining up for a rebuttal
By Katherine S. Mangan

http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v51/i12/12a03501.htm

Chronicle of Higher Education Colloquy on Sander’s Study:

http://chronicle.com/colloquy/2004/11aa/

Other Sources:

Sunday, December 12, 2004
Special to The Detroit News
Questionable assumptions mar report, which discounts benefits of affirmative action
By David L. Chambers

http://www.detnews.com/2004/editorial/0412/13/A19-30629.htm

The Tavis Smiley Show, December 15, 2004
Commentary: Kimberle Crenshaw: Affirmative Action and Black Lawyers

Both proponents and opponents of affirmative action are stirred up by a study that hasn't even been published yet. Richard Sander, a UCLA law professor, has analyzed the effects of racial preferences in America's law schools and concludes the net effect is actually fewer black lawyers. Commentator -- and Sander's UCLA law colleague -- Kimberle Crenshaw weighs in on the report.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4229609

UCLA TODAY
VOL. 25 NO. 10 FEBRUARY 23, 2005
Preferences hurt black law students ...
By Richard Sander
http://www.today.ucla.edu/2005/050223voices_preferences.html

UCLA TODAY
VOL. 25 NO. 10 FEBRUARY 23, 2005
... Or do they? Studies show otherwise
By Cheryl I. Harris
http://www.today.ucla.edu/2005/050223voices_ordothey.html

(See attached file: commentary_liu_12-20-04.doc)(See attached
file:commentary_sander_12-20-04.doc)(See attached file: commentary_harris_12-15-04.doc)

Research Studies on Affirmative Action:

Law & Social Inquiry Journal (Volume 29, Number 4, Fall 2004)
A Forked River Runs Through Law School: Toward Understanding Race, Gender, Age, and Related Gaps in Law School Performance and Bar Passage
By Timothy T. Clydesdale

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/LSI/journal/issues/v29n4/294002/294002.html

Invited Submission to the STANFORD LAW REVIEW, February 2005
The Real Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action in American Law Schools:
An Empirical Critique of Richard Sander’s Study
By David L. Chambers, Timothy T. Clydesdale, William C. Kidder and Richard O. Lempert

http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/sander_rebuttal_v5_draft.pdf

Link to the Equal Justice Society's Research page:
http://www.equaljusticesociety.org/research.html

The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (WINTER 2004/2005 105)
The Black Student Mismatch Myth in Legal Education: The Systemic Flaws in
Richard Sander’s Affirmative Action Study
By Cheryl I. Harris and William C. Kidder

(See attached file: Black Student Mixmatch Myth Cheryl Harris & Bill Kidder.pdf)

Talking Points

(See attached file: Sander Talking Points_AA Research & Policy
Consortium_11-23-04.doc)

FAQs on Sander's Article:

(See attached file: faq_on_sander's_article.doc)

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