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Labor Law Prof Blog
Zimmer on Ricci’s Color-Blind Standard in a Race Conscious Society
Mike Zimmer (Loyola-Chicago) has posted on SSRN his new paper: Ricci’s Color-Blind Standard in a Race Conscious Society: A Case of Unintended Consequences?Here is the abstract: In Ricci v. DeStefano,…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Law Trib Profiles Ricci v. DeStefano Attorney Torre
For those who can't get enough of the Ricci v. DeStefano matter -- you know, the Supreme Court case involving a group of 20 firefighters from New Haven -- the…
Family Law Prof Blog
Hendricks: “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS”
By Family Law
Jennifer S. Hendricks has posted “Contingent Equal Protection: Reaching for Equality After Ricci and PICS,” 16 Michigan Journal of Gender & Law__, (2009), on SSRN. Here is the abstract:The Supreme…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
New OFCCP Director Named
In August 2009, the Obama administration named Patricia A. Shiu the new Director of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). The OFCCP, part of the Department of Labor…
The Right Coast
To figure out your SAT score, apply the racial formula below Tom Smith
Unbelievable. Would it be legal to deny that you were Asian? (That would add 140 points to your SAT score.) I suppose you would have to change your name from…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Affirmative Action Forms for State Contracts: Is This The Best Way?
To work on State of Connecticut contracts with the Department of Transportation, various contractors have to set up an affirmative action plan. If they do not have one on file…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
“Testing” Affirmative Action: Saturday Evening Review
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The relationship between the Equal Protection Clause and the 1964 Civil Rights Act (especially Titles VI and VII) was once an amicable one. Indeed, it was so amicable that one…
Iowa Employment Law Blog
Eighth Circuit Issues Important Ruling on Affirmative Action
In a ruling issued September 3, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held that an employer that follows an affirmative action plan in making an employment decision can…
Law People
Sotomayor and Predicting Who Rises to the Top of the Lawyering Heap
By Ronda Muir
The recent 5-4 Supreme Court ruling on the New Haven Fire Department vocational advancement exam in Ricci v. DeStefano once again stirs the waters on the question of how to choose the best…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Sotomayor on Ricci
We'll hear more later, but this morning during her confirmation hearing, Judge Sotomayor gave a brief take on the Ricci case (according to the New York Times):"This was not a…