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Affirmative Action
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Law Firms and Affirmative Action
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog here has a post about the debate held yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute in D.C. regarding the issue of whether law firms run…
The Right Coast
Black Beneficiaries of Affirmative Action Often Immigrants Gail Heriot
Here are some interesting affirmative action statistics reported last week in Inside HIgher Ed. They are from a recent study published in the American Journal of Education: About 13% of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrants and Affirmative Action
At a reunion of black alumni of Harvard University in 2003, Lani Guinier set off a discussion on a sensitive subject: whether black immigrants are the beneficiaries, perhaps undeserving, of…
Law School Academic Support Blog
Diversity and Doctrinal Courses
At last week's meeting of the AALS Section on Academic Support, the audience was asked to share with one another ways in which doctrinal professors could inject diversity considerations into…
The Right Coast
More on The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative Saga Gail Heriot
So far the only government officials involved in the post-election Michigan Civil Rights Initiative saga who don't seem utterly crazy to me are the judges of the Sixth Circuit ....As…
The Right Coast
Are the 10 percent plans colorblind?Mike Rappaport
Ilya Somin argues that the 10 percent plan is more harmful than traditional affirmative action. He makes a good case, although he does not really consider the special harms that…
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
Technical Assistance Guide for Federal Construction Contractors
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has published a Technical Assistance Guide designed to help federal government construction contractors and subcontractors comply with the federal laws and regulations…
The Right Coast
UM’s Mary Sue Coleman Demands Racial Preferences Today, Racial Preferences Tomorrow, Racial Preferences Forever Gail Heriot
Has University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman come unhinged? You'd think so from the speech she gave Wednesday. Upset over the landslide in favor of Proposal 2 (the Michigan…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Michigan Ballot Initative Prohibits Affirmative Action in Employment
Michael Dorf of Columbia Law School has a new blog out called, appropriately enough, Dorf on Law. Today, Michael has an interesting post on the results of the Michigan ballot…
The Right Coast
Stanley Mosk and Lewis PowellGail Heriot
Loyal Right Coast readers may recall a post I did a year ago about Justice Stanley Mosk (1912-2001), one of California's (and indeed the country's) most colorful and talented 20th…