<p>Are Asian Americans given affirmative action at law schools, given that they are underrepresented in the legal profession?</p>
<p>Ummm no...</p>
<p>Yeah, we're not considered a disadvantaged minority in most ways. And while I think it's fair to many of us (me included), there are many poor Asian Americans for who this isn't fair.</p>
<p>asian americans are underrepresented in the legal profession, yes, but they are not underrepresented at most of the top law schools these days. most of the top law schools do have more than 4% asians in their student body (in fact, this is probably more like around 10%). i think this may be due to a time lag, where before there weren't many asians in the country, much less asians who would enter into the legal profession, but that has changed, and now asians are increasingly applying to law schools and have reached a rate where they are no longer underrepresented in a law school's class. in time, perhaps the percentage of asians in the legal profession will reflect the percentage of asians in law school.</p>
<p>Possibly. Few law schools will admit giving preference to a racial group, but the Michigan decision gave them the ability to do so to a degree. If you really want it to work in your favor, I'd try applying at schools with low Asian %. It couldn't hurt.</p>