Richard Sander

Richard Henry Sander (born May 26, 1956 in Washington, D.C.)[1][2] is a professor of law at the UCLA School of Law and a critic of affirmative action.

Education

Sander received his B.A. from Harvard University in 1978, his M.A. in Economics from Northwestern University in 1985, his J.D. from Northwestern in 1988, and his Ph.D. Economics from Northwestern in 1990.[3]

Career

Sander joined the UCLA School of Law faculty in 1989, and became a full professor there five years later.[3][1]

Work on affirmative action

Studies

Sander is known for his research on affirmative action, which claims that it actually reduces the number of African American law students by hurting them due to the overly competitive environments in more prestigious schools, through what he calls the "mismatch effect". His research on this subject includes a 2004 study in Stanford Law Review that he claims shows that if minority students had been admitted into less-competitive schools, they would have been more successful.[4][5][6] He has also published studies suggesting that law firms' efforts to promote diversity sometimes led to them hiring underqualified black lawyers, leading to these lawyers being more likely than their better-credentialed white counterparts to leave the firm.[7] His research is controversial and has been widely criticized, including by Ian Ayres and Richard Brooks. Ayres and Brooks published a study in 2005[8] finding that eliminating affirmative action would not only not increase the number of black lawyers by 7.9 percent, as Sander's study had claimed, but also that it would reduce the number of such lawyers by about 12.7 percent.[5] A 2008 study by Jesse Rothstein and Albert H. Yoon confirmed Sander's finding of differences in qualifications between black and white law school applicants, but also found that eliminating affirmative action would "lead to a 63 percent decline in black matriculants at all law schools and a 90 percent decline at elite law schools."[9]

Book

Sander has also co-written a book, along with Stuart Taylor, Jr., entitled Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It’s Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won’t Admit It. which expresses similar views on affirmative action as his research.[10] The book was reviewed favorably in the New Republic by Richard Kahlenberg, who called it "perceptive" and said that it "presents a nuanced treatment of the issue".[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Richard Sander Biography". SEAPHE. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Richard Sander". Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Richard H. Sander". UCLA School of Law. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Sander, Richard (November 2004). "A Systemic Analysis of Affirmative Action in American Law Schools". Stanford Law Review 57 (2).
  5. 1 2 Bazelon, Emily (29 April 2005). "Sanding Down Sander". Slate. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Gordon, Larry (19 December 2013). "California high court says state bar should release exam scores". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Williams, Carol J. (8 September 2008). "Does affirmative action help or hurt lawyers?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  8. ↑ Ayres, Ian (January 2005). "Does Affirmative Action Reduce the Number of Black Lawyers?". Stanford Law Review 57.
  9. ↑ Jaschik, Scott (3 September 2008). "Attacking the 'Mismatch' Critique of Affirmative Action". Inside Higher Education. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  10. ↑ Heriot, Gail (Winter 2013). "The Sad Irony of Affirmative Action". National Affairs. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ↑ Kahlenberg, Richard (10 October 2012). "Race to the Flop—The Problem with Affirmative Action". New Republic. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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