Currently, just about five percent of lawyers in the U.S. are Black. Matthew Graham, a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, is now encouraging other Black students to apply to law school.
than those of White law school graduates, she said. Given the lack of diversity in the legal field, often, “young Black folks don’t see being a lawyer as a reality.”
As a young Black man, Graham felt he didn’t have the same financial resources as many of his classmates, and while he wished he didn’t have to juggle his schoolwork and day job, “I didn’t have the option.” “It was a huge amount of pressure,” he said. “Especially having a young baby and being a new husband.”
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