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Affirmative Action
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Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Have You Begun Updating Your Affirmative Action Plans? Step Six of Seven Towards Full Compliance with the New OFCCP Regulations
By Troutman Pepper Locke's Labor + Employment Group
As we have discussed in our prior blog posts in this series on the new OFCCP Regulations (which became effective on March 24, 2014), most of the new Regulations do not go…
Labor Law Prof Blog
State Voters Allowed to Decide the Fate of Public-Sector Affirmative Action in Shuette
Following up on my last post regarding the latest ruling in Fisher, I’d like to continue the dialogue on the issue of public-sector affirmative action, and its relevance for the…
Global Workplace Insider
Employment Equity Act amended : The wait is finally over
The amendments to the Employment Equity Act will finally come into operation this Friday, 1 August 2014. On Friday, the law regulating employment equity and discrimination as we know it…
Education Law Prof Blog
Chicago’s Elite Public Schools to Follow the Diversity Way of the University of Texas?
By Derek Black
Alderman Latasha Thomas, chairman of Chicago City Council's Education Committee, is calling for race to be considered in the admission process at Chicago's elite public high schools. The District was…
Labor Law Prof Blog
On Remand from the Supreme Court, Fisher Decided in the Fifth Circuit in Support of Affirmative Action Plan
Thanks so much to the bloggers at the Workplace Prof Blog for inviting me. I am excited to join such a great group as a guest blogger.For my initial post, I’d…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
Court Once Again Upholds University of Texas Consideration of Race as Admissions Factor
As reported more than a year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court remanded the Fisher v. University of Texas case back to the Court of Appeals for stricter scrutiny of the…
Education Law Prof Blog
In a Holistic Review of Holistic Admissions, Fifth Circuit Upholds University of Texas Admission Plan
By Derek Black
For those who missed it, the 5th Circuit issued its opinion late yesterday in the remand from the Supreme Court in Fisher v. Texas. The Court of Appeals, by a…
The Right Coast
Appeals Court: Texas Can Use Race in Admissions – ABC News
In a 2-1 ruling, judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that barring the university from using race would ultimately lead to a less diverse student body…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
On Remand, Fifth Circuit Panel Reconsiders UT’s Affirmative Action Plan from Fisher v. University of Texas
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawBy a divided opinion in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a panel of the Fifth Circuit has…
Education Law Prof Blog
Fisher v. Texas Symposium Articles
By Derek Black
Howard Law Journal has published its symposium issue on Fisher v. Texas. The symposium includes an introduction by Aderson Bellegarde Francois, Acts of Meaning: Telling and Retelling the Narrative of Race-Conscious…