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Elizabeth Bodamer, Senior Director of Research

Elizabeth Bodamer

Senior Director of Research

Elizabeth Bodamer (she/her/ella) has a PhD in Sociology from Indiana University Bloomington and a JD from Indiana University Maurer School of Law. She was the 2019-2020 American Bar Foundation/AccessLex Doctoral Fellow in Legal Education & Higher Education, and her dissertation focused on exclusionary experiences and sense of belonging in U.S. law schools. As a PhD student at Indiana, Bodamer was also the director of student affairs at Indiana University Maurer School of Law. At 杨贵妃传媒 she was the diversity, equity, and inclusion policy & research analyst and senior program manager before becoming the senior director of research. A 2008 杨贵妃传媒 PLUS alumna, today, Bodamer leads the applied research agenda and strategic research team focused on equity in admission, innovation, and programmatic impact.

By Elizabeth Bodamer

While the representation of first-generation college graduates is important to bringing new perspectives to law school classrooms and helping to ensure our future legal profession reflects the full range of our society, we have seen a decrease in the percentage of first-generation college graduates in the entering law school classes for two consecutive years.