Do Racial Preferences Affect Minority Learning in Law Schools?

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-195

  Williams, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

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EID: 84876812514     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jels.12007     Document Type: Article

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