I don't disagree with their motives or goals. It's a bit of a waste of effort when there's fighting among people who agree with each other. Varat says UCLA has other initiatives, such as scholarships intended to assist minority applicants without violating 209. Kim says he was glad when BC agreed to give his organization the names of accepted applicants of Asian descent, so that enrolled students could mount their own recruiting effort. But it's one of those things where you think the law school would initiate it.
Schools can also improve recruiting styles to avoid future disillusionment and attrition.
Graham says some of her classmates appeared surprised at the lack of diversity in Portland. She says Lewis and Clark could better prepare them for the shock. And she says while the school has many scholarships, her minority classmates underestimate the difficulty of keeping them. She says many wrongly think the minimum grade point average is easily attainable. Every single minority student I know who came to the school on a scholarship lost it.