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Lawyer/Authors To Debate Proposition 209 - The California Civil Rights Initiative
Lawyer/Authors To Debate Proposition 209 - The California Civil Rights Initiative
Press Releases
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Through The Looking Glass: Recent Developments In Affirmative Action, Kathleen Morris
Through The Looking Glass: Recent Developments In Affirmative Action, Kathleen Morris
Publications
The year 1995 saw three major developments that threaten the future of voluntary affirmative action programs in California and nationwide. On June 12, the U.S. Supreme Court in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena, held that voluntary federal affirmative action programs should be subject to the same "strict scrutiny" reserved for all other racial classifications. The following month, the Regents of the University of California voted to abolish the use of race and gender as factors in admissions and hiring in the University of California system. Finally, last year the so-called "California Civil Rights Initiative" ("CCRI") was presented to the …
An Evidentiary Framework For Diversity As A Compelling Interest In Higher Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
An Evidentiary Framework For Diversity As A Compelling Interest In Higher Education, Kimberly J. Robinson
Law Faculty Publications
This Note argues that if courts choose to reexamine evidence on the value of diversity in higher education, they should not apply the evidentiary requirements that the Supreme Court has applied to cases involving questions of past discrimination. Rather, courts should consider the unique nature of diversity in higher education and the protection afforded the academic context in which the evidence is considered and modify their review of the evidence presented accordingly. Furthermore, this Note argues that the interest of an institution of higher education16 in diversity is "compelling" in light of the evidence that a racially diverse student body …
Squaring Affirmative Action Admissions Policies With Federal Judicial Guidelines: A Model For The Twenty-First Century, Leslie Y. Garfield
Squaring Affirmative Action Admissions Policies With Federal Judicial Guidelines: A Model For The Twenty-First Century, Leslie Y. Garfield
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article will highlight the legal limitations law schools confront when adopting diversity admission policies in light of the new judicial climate that disfavors considering non-traditional race criteria in the admission decision process. Part I highlights the difficulty law schools face when trying to admit a fully diverse class under the traditional application process. Part II discusses the judicial response to voluntary diversity admission policies and other race-based preference policies and defines the appropriate standard for court review. Part III proposes a model diversity admission policy. Part IV analyzes this model policy under the Court's strict scrutiny test.
The Tales Of White Folk: Doctrine, Narrative, And The Reconstruction Of Racial Reality, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
The Tales Of White Folk: Doctrine, Narrative, And The Reconstruction Of Racial Reality, Robert L. Hayman, Nancy Levit
Faculty Works
Black America, some people said, was dying. And they wondered what they would hear in the souls of white folk when white America heard the news.
Part of the story was told in June 1995, by the Supreme Court. The session of the Court had not been convened explicitly or exclusively to determine the fate of black America. Still, it was clearly on the agenda, with no less than three major race-related disputes on the High Court's docket.
And what the Court had to say on such matters did matter. As the highest tribunal in the land, it possessed the …
Hopwood: Was This The African-American Nightmare Or The African-American Dream?, Kevin D. Brown
Hopwood: Was This The African-American Nightmare Or The African-American Dream?, Kevin D. Brown
Articles by Maurer Faculty
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