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Client Alert: The Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board: What This Means for Colleges...

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On February 20, 2024, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in a closely watched case, Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board, challenging the admissions policies of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and...more

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Spotlight on Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Nearly forty-five years after its decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn or significantly depart from its prior approval of the use of race as a “plus...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Two Higher Education Affirmative Action Cases in Upcoming Term

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it would again consider the role race plays in college admissions by taking up two cases where race-conscious admissions policies are at issue. ...more

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Navigating Considerations of Race and Sex in Scholarships

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Perhaps now more than ever, colleges and universities are undertaking or rejuvenating diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives across their organizations, and many donors are motivated to support such initiatives,...more

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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Use of Race in Admissions

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On Monday, January 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States (the Supreme Court) announced it will hear a challenge to the use of affirmative action in admissions for institutions of higher education (IHE). The two...more

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Affirmative Action up for Judgment? US Supreme Court Grants Cases Seeking to Prohibit Consideration of Race in College Admissions

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Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a pair of cases asking the Court to overrule its precedents governing the consideration of race in college admissions. One case concerns admissions at Harvard College, and the other...more

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United States Urges Supreme Court to Decline Review of Harvard Case

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On December 8, the Solicitor General filed a brief stating the views of the United States on the pending petition for certiorari in the case challenging the admissions program of Harvard University. The petition, filed by...more

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The Gender Divide: When Legal Standards Are Not “Standard”

The inequality of men and women under the Constitution has been a hot-button issue for decades, and doesn’t appear to be going away fast enough. Shifting legal standards have made defining, reporting, and prosecuting gender...more

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