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Biglaw Firms Thinking About ‘Cleaning Up’ Their Ranks
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By IG
Oct 28, 2022
In cases challenging affirmative action, court will confront wide-ranging arguments on history, diversity, and the role of race in America
In 2003, the Supreme Court ruled in Grutter v. Bollinger that universities may consider race in their admissions processes as part of their efforts to achieve diversity on campus. On Oct. 31, the justices will hear oral arguments in a pair of cases asking
By IG
Oct 28, 2022
Diversity by diktat: An obscure 1977 OMB memo forms the basis for today’s affirmative-action programs
This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College. A preview of the case is here. David E. Bernstein
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Oct 28, 2022
The history of anti-Black discrimination in higher education and the myth of a color-blind Constitution
This article is part of a symposium on the upcoming arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President & Fellows of Harvard College. A preview of the case is here. Danielle R. Holley
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Oct 28, 2022