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Affirmative Action
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Education Law Prof Blog
Departments of Education and Justice Reaffirm Position on Diversity after Fisher
By Derek Black
Over the summer, scholars and advocates poured over the question of whether and how much the Court's opinion Fisher v. Texas changed the legality of affirmative action. According to the Departments of…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
OFCCP Publishes New Rules for Veterans/Disabled – Effective March 2014
On September 24, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published two rules that impose new affirmative action obligations for veterans and individuals with disabilities. These rules, issued…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Randall Kennedy at NY Historical Society on The Supreme Court and Affirmative Action
October 3, 2013, 6:30 pm, in NYCFree for Law Students and FacultyRequired registration and more information here.
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Oral Argument Approaches in High Court Review of Sixth Circuit Ruling on Michigan’s Proposal 2
The Supreme Court will soon hear oral argument in Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, et al. (No. 12-682), which is shaping up to be one of the biggest…
The Contractor's Perspective
Affirmative action for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities
Under the OFCCP's final rule announced on August 27, 2013, federal contractors and subcontractors that meet the applicability criteria will be required to meet new goals for hiring protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For veterans, the new "benchmark" is…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: The New Yorker on Justice Ginsburg, Fisher, and Footnote 4
Over at the New Yorker blog, Lincoln Caplan's piece, "Justice Ginsburg and Footnote Four" analyzes Ginsburg's discussion last week at the National Constitution Center, arguing that one of her statements…
Employment Law Worldview
US Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Beware: Your Affirmative Action Obligations are About to Increase
Days ago, on August 27, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced a Final Rule which increases the affirmative action obligations of federal…
Connecting Justice Communities
A Conversation with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky at PLI’s 15th Annual Supreme Court Review
By Pro Bono Net
[caption id="attachment_1010" align="alignright" width="188"] Dean Erwin Chemerinsky[/caption] A few weeks ago, Pro Bono Net’s Adam Friedl and I had the opportunity to attend Practising Law Institute’s 15th Annual Supreme Court Review,…
Education Law Prof Blog
Recent Scholarship: Empirical Study on Michigan Law School After Affirmative Action Ban
Meera E. Deo (Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley Center for the Study of Law & Society, Assoc. Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law) has written Empirically-Derived Compelling State Interests in Affirmative Action Jurisprudence.…
Employment Law Matters
The OFCCP’s “7% Solution” becomes effective.
According to its own website, the primary responsibility of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), is to: “enforce, for the benefit of job seekers…