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GT L&E Blog
Employer Considerations After SCOTUS Rules College Admissions Policies that Consider Race a Factor Unconstitutional
By Johnine P. Barnes, Whitney Bly Edwards, Ph.D.
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, holding that Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC)’s admissions…
Divorce: New York
Apportioning a Child’s Pre- and Post-Divorce Action Commencement Private College Expenses
By Neil Cahn
In his June 13th decision in E.J. v. M.J., Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Edmund M. Dane resolved the complex financial issues arising when a divorce action is commenced after…
Taking Care of HR Business
DEI Efforts in the Wake of the Supreme Court’s College Admissions Decision
Last week the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision ending a four-decade precedent which had allowed universities and colleges to consider the race of applicants during the admissions…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action in College Admissions
By By T. Scott Kelly, Jimmy F. Robinson Jr., Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States held that certain race-conscious college admissions policies violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits discrimination…
Employment Law Watch
Affirmative action effectively ended in college admissions by U.S. Supreme Court decision
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court published its opinion in the cases challenging University of Carolina (UNC) and Harvard’s race-conscious admissions practices. The decision came down as predicted: UNC and Harvard’s…
Simple Justice
Tuesday Talk*: Admissions After Affirmative Action
Assuming, arguendo, the Supreme Court holds that race-conscious college admissions are unconstitutional, then what? Given that universities are dedicated to the existential cause of diversity, equity and inclusion, regardless of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
First Circuit panel reverses fraud convictions for two Varsity Blues defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "a federal appeals court overturned the fraud and conspiracy convictions on Wednesday of two parents found guilty of participating in a far-reaching…
Business and Commercial
First Circuit panel reverses fraud convictions for two Varsity Blues defendants
As reported in this New York Times piece, "a federal appeals court overturned the fraud and conspiracy convictions on Wednesday of two parents found guilty of participating in a far-reaching…
The Right Coast
Dropping the SATs Hurts Poor Kids
Suppose you re a poor teenager in a dysfunctional environment.You have to work a part-time job to help make ends meet. Your parents are absent or completely checked out. So…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Varsity Blues and Corner Boys: Defending The 568 Cartel
Corner boys, The WireTwenty years ago, HBO premiered a gritty urban drug crime drama set in B'more called The Wire. It focused primarily on corner boys -- the small fry…