LOOKING AT THE INFLUENCE OF class in American legal education. “The vast majority of American law students come from relatively elite backgrounds; this is especially true at the most prestigious law schools . . . Although racial diversity has increased sharply during the intervening decades, the great majority of non-white law students are, like whites, from relatively elite backgrounds. . . . Law school admission policies use very large and relatively mechanical racial preferences, but appear to generally ignore SES considerations. Some law school policies militate against the admission of low- and moderate-SES applicants. Even in awarding grants and scholarships, law schools apparently generally ignore need; low-SES whites receive half as much scholarship aid as do high-SES whites.”