In the first Harvard Law class since the Supreme Court overturned race-based affirmative action, black and Hispanic enrollment was cut in half and Asian enrollment increased by a third. 

The Numbers: Harvard Law's class of 2027 included 19 black students compared to 43 the previous year—the lowest number since 1965. Hispanic students dropped from 63 to 32, and Asian students increased from 103 to 132. Enrollment numbers for white students also increased. 

For Context: A 2023 Supreme Court ruling said that race-based affirmative action programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina "lack sufficiently focused and measurable objectives warranting the use of race, unavoidably employ race in a negative manner, involve racial stereotyping, and lack meaningful end points." Adding that the programs violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

How the Media Covered It: Fox News (Right bias) quoted those for and against the affirmative action ruling. ABC News (Lean Left bias) described affirmative action as a policy used for decades to "diversify campuses and address issues of inequality," and included a statement by the Harvard Black Law Students Association on the contributions of African Americans to the profession.