Tulane Law School is committed to creating and maintaining a diverse student body and faculty. In pursuit of this commitment, the law school seeks to enroll an entering class that includes students with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. Each year's entering class includes students from throughout the United States and from a number of foreign countries; students from a variety of racial, ethnic, and economic backgrounds; students with varying life and work experiences; and students of different ages. For the last several years, the Tulane student body has included roughly equal numbers of men and women.

The faculty believes that a broadly diverse student body is central to the educational experience that Tulane Law School provides its students, both inside and outside the classroom. A diverse student body is essential to the kind of full and rich class discussion that characterizes legal education at its best. A diverse student body also enhances our students' discussions, relationships, and joint activities outside of class, further enriching their understanding of legal issues in contemporary society. Learning the law as member of a diverse student body also is essential to learning how to practice law in an increasingly diverse profession, and is essential to the exercise of leadership in a heterogeneous society.

Tulane Law School is also committed to creating and maintaining a student body that is characterized by a background of academic achievement and a commitment to academic success in legal studies. The faculty believes that a successful educational experience requires a student body that is selective as well as diverse. The efforts of Tulane Law School to enroll a diverse entering class remain consistent with the need to ensure that all accepted applicants to Tulane Law School demonstrate the capacity to successfully complete the course of study.