by Press | Feb 3, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – The Department of Justice announced today that it will be dropping its lawsuit against Yale University, which had alleged the university was discriminating against white and certain Asian American applicants in its admissions process. The...
by Press | Jan 15, 2021 | Press Releases
The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, along with pro bono counsel Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and Bernabei & Kabat PLLC, have received an order from a federal district court, to intervene in SFFA v. UT Austin on behalf of three organizations and a...
by Press | Jan 13, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – Indianapolis-based Lumina Foundation awarded a $325,000 grant today to the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. A natural pairing, Lumina Foundation is committed to making opportunities for learning beyond high school available to...
by Press | Jan 11, 2021 | Press Releases
(Washington, D.C.) – To ensure that students who are learning the English language are not forced into schools for the sole purpose of testing their proficiency, and that parents be provided an option in their native language, and to withdraw from testing if...
by Press | Nov 17, 2020 | Press Releases
In 2014, Students for Fair Admissions attacked the diversity initiatives at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill when it filed a lawsuit against, seeking to eradicate a race-conscious admissions policy that viewed race in a holistic manner, and ensured...
