Black Law Student Census Report suggests law schools create separate admission program and Black-focused scholarships and bursaries
To boost the ranks of Black lawyers in Canada, law schools should introduce a separate admissions program for Black students and create Black-focused scholarships and bursaries, according to a new report.
A total of 12,895 students were enrolled in Canadian law school in 2022. Of those, 511, or 3.9 per cent, identify as Black. Black Canadians make up 4.3 per cent of the population, according to the 2021 census. Another reason to increase the ranks of Black people in the legal profession is because Black people have been, both as victims and those accused or convicted of crimes, Ms. Harris-Eze points out. A federal study from 2016 found Black people were more likely to receive longer sentences and less likely to receive fines or conditional sentences compared to the rest of the population.
At the University of Toronto’s law school, the Black Student Application Program was introduced in 2021 so that when evaluating candidates, the admissions team – which includes Black lawyers, faculty and senior students – could see “the fuller context of their academic and non-academic achievements, perspectives and lived experiences,” according to a written statement from Ada Maxwell-Alleyne, the assistant dean of equity, diversity and inclusion at the University of Toronto’s law faculty.
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