IS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE LAW STUDENTS? A CORRECTION, A LESSON, AND AN UPDATE/REVISITING LAW SCHOOL MISMATCH: A COMMENT ON BARNES (2007, 2011)

[...] the essay clarified the argument over what mismatch is¾specifically, that the mismatch theory is unrelated to the race of the students who are at risk of being outmatched by their classmates.\n If mismatch causes low-credential graduates from elite schools to disproportionately fail the bar exam, these students will disproportionately see a reduction in their earnings. See supra note 42 for details. 44 The top number in each cell is the predicted proportion of students who will have the stated outcome, controlling for the student's race, credential level, and law school tier. [...] in the cell at the upper left, Barnes's model estimates that 90.7% of whites attending historically black law schools who have credentials that place them at the fifth percentile of credentials in the BPS sample will graduate.