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James Leipold

James Leipold

Senior Advisor, LSAC

James Leipold is a senior advisor with the Law School Admission Council. Prior to joining LSAC, he worked as the executive director of the National Association for Law Placement in Washington, D.C., for more than 18 years. He is a leading expert on the employment market for law school graduates, and writes and speaks frequently on that topic. He earned his BA in English from Brown University and his JD at Temple University—James E. Beasley School of Law.

Representation of Black summer associates is decreasing, as is Black and Hispanic law school enrollment. James Leipold writes that the legal education community, and the legal profession as a whole, must work to ensure these decreases do not continue.