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Affirmative Action
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Circuit on Affirmative Action
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Federal Circuit ruled on Tuesday that the Defense Department's affirmative action program, designed to remedy the effects of prior discrimination in DoD contracting, violates equal protection (via the Fifth…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Saturday Evening Review: Affirmative Action Scholarship
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
As I noted last week (22 October) here, Colorado has an anti-affirmative action ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution. If only every voter would read the new article…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Important Study on Affirmative Action and Stigma
Angela Onwuachi-Willig (Iowa, left), Mary Campbell (Iowa, center), and Emily Houh (Cincinnati) have recently completed an important study on affirmative action in higher education that has implications for the workplace…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
There is No Affirmative Action for Minorities, Shareholder and Otherwise, in Corporate Law
The title of this post is the title of an article just published by Professor Bainbridge that is a critique of a work that addresses minority shareholder rights in corporations.…
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Forthcoming Article Challenges Idea that Affirmative Action Stigmatizes Minority Students
By Minna Kotkin
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that an article forthcoming in the California Law Review by Angela Onwuachi-Willig calls into question the common argument that affirmative action hurts the people…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Commission Meetings Reveal CHRO’s Difficulties Complying with Its Own Rules
Yesterday, I highlighted the Acting Executive Director's letter defending his agency from stinging criticism by a Connecticut attorney in the Connecticut Law Tribune. In that post, I indicated that if…
The Right Coast
Affirmative Action in Law Schools Gail Heriot
You can download my Commissioner's Statement from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Report on Affirmative Action in American Law School from SSRN here. The report recommends, among other things,…
The Right Coast
UCLA Professor Resigns from Admissions Committee Amid Accusations that UCLA Cheats on Proposition 209 Gail Heriot
Here's an interesting story from the Orange County Register:A professor who said he suspects UCLA is cheating to illegally admitblack students resigned Thursday from its admissions committee, sayingthe university refused…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Oppenheimer on the Legality of Promoting Inclusiveness
David B. Oppenheimer (Golden Gate/visiting Berkeley) has posted on SSRN his article forthcoming in the U.C.L.A. Chicana/o Latina/o Law Review: The Legality of Promoting Inclusiveness: Why the University of California…
The Right Coast
The Return of Doe v. Kamehameha Schools Gail Heriot
A new lawsuit modeled after Doe v. Kamehameha Schools, 441 F.3d 1029 (9th Cir. 2006)(en banc), rev'g 416 F.3d 1025 (9th Cir. 2005), has been filed. As some of you…