Abstract
As a partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Jordan knows whereof he speaks. It's a lonely existence. Among the major law firms in the United States, only one firm ? San Francisco-based Morrison & Foerster ? has as many as five black partners. The codes of race that continue to govern entrance to the legal profession began in the law schools, which were large? ly white enclaves until relatively recent years.* In this issue of The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, we look to the status of black students and black faculty members in some of the largest and most prestigious law schools in the country ? and we also sketch the black presence in the legal profession generally. It is clear that major gains have been made. But it is also clear that much remains to be done.
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