Fair Admissions Campaign

Unjust Legal Marathon Ends for Varsity Blues Defendant John Wilson; Sets the Record Straight In and Outside the Courtroom

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Friday, September 29, 2023
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He made legal donations similar to what tens of thousands of other parents give each year to schools including the University of Southern California ("USC").

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  • He made legal donations similar to what tens of thousands of other parents give each year to schools including the University of Southern California ("USC").
  • The recent Fair Admissions U.S. Supreme Court case showed that Harvard has given donor families an average 700% boost in admission rates.
  • This practice is historically common at many universities for qualified applicants, and is still in use today.
  • John Wilson did not commit fraud, he did not bribe any universities, and he did not partake in a grand conspiracy.

JACKSON LEWIS REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO PROVIDING CLIENTS WITH ADVICE AND SOLUTIONS FOR DEI CHALLENGES

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
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is pleased to announce a series of actions to enhance the firm's capabilities to provide clients with meaningful and actionable advice and solutions for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues.

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  • is pleased to announce a series of actions to enhance the firm's capabilities to provide clients with meaningful and actionable advice and solutions for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) issues.
  • The Group focuses on providing creative policies, practices and strategies for every aspect of client DEI programs and offering solutions wherever clients stand in their DEI journey.
  • "For many years, Jackson Lewis has been a trailblazer in helping employers develop and implement effective DEI strategies," said Firm Chair Kevin Lauri .
  • The Task Force provides up-to-the-minute advice to clients on issues such as those arising from DEI mission statements, DEI initiatives, federal affirmative action plan documents, and related analyses.

Strive Urges McDonald's to Set Discrimination Aside and Put Shareholders First

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
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Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.

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  • Strive underscored that McDonald's diversity policies not only pose legal risks but financial risks as well.
  • Consequently, McDonald’s policies are likely already costing shareholders and jeopardizing the company’s long-term value, even setting the legal risks aside.
  • "Prior to the Fair Admissions decision, many workplace DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs were legally dubious,” stated Justin Danhof , Strive Head of Corporate Governance.
  • To comply with the law and safeguard shareholders from costly litigation, McDonald’s should swiftly eliminate these programs.”

A 2003 Supreme Court decision upholding affirmative action planted the seeds of its overturning, as justices then and now thought racism an easily solved problem

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Friday, June 30, 2023
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Though not a surprise, the decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina drew widespread condemnation from civil rights groups and praise from conservative politicians.

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  • Though not a surprise, the decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina drew widespread condemnation from civil rights groups and praise from conservative politicians.
  • In my view as a race and equity legal scholar focused on business, the court had subtly established an affirmative action expiration date in its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision.
  • By their very nature, academia and corporations are conservative, and general counsels at these entities are likely to caution against any program targeting historically underrepresented people.
  • At the most optimistic, this ruling forces higher learning institutions to revise programs and look to remedy past wrongs on a case-by-case basis.

The court’s opposition grew slowly

    • The primary Supreme Court-level battle over affirmative action started during the 1970s when a legal challenge reached the Supreme Court in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
    • In that 1978 case, Allan Bakke, a white man, had been denied admission to University of California at Davis’ medical school.
    • Since then, the Supreme Court has issued different rulings on whether race could be used in college admissions.

A colorblind society?

    • But even that is fraught with problems.
    • As novelists James Baldwin once asked: How does one articulate the constant presence of race to someone who is not experiencing it?
    • It is no small irony that the judgment the majority hands down today will forestall the end of race-based disparities in this country, making the colorblind world the majority wistfully touts much more difficult to accomplish.”

Statement in response to the US Supreme Court's Decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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NEW YORK, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court's decision impedes colleges and universities from selecting their own student bodies and fully addressing systemic racial inequalities that persist. The ruling threatens to return this nation to a time when education and opportunity are reserved for a privileged class. It endangers 60 years of multiracial movements to challenge our nation to live up to the ideals enshrined in our founding documents. The decision erects new barriers to building a society in which everyone has the opportunity to improve their lives, communities, health, and education. 

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  • The following is a statement by funders and philanthropic organizations in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College.
  • NEW YORK, June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court's decision impedes colleges and universities from selecting their own student bodies and fully addressing systemic racial inequalities that persist.
  • The ruling threatens to return this nation to a time when education and opportunity are reserved for a privileged class.
  • The decision erects new barriers to building a society in which everyone has the opportunity to improve their lives, communities, health, and education.

AAMC Deeply Disappointed by SCOTUS Decision on Race-Conscious Admissions

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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The AAMC, informed by decades of research, recognizes the undeniable benefits of diversity for improving the health of people everywhere.

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  • The AAMC, informed by decades of research, recognizes the undeniable benefits of diversity for improving the health of people everywhere.
  • We will work together to adapt following today's court decision without compromising these goals.
  • For more information on the impact of race-conscious admissions on medical education, visit aamc.org/SCOTUSadmissions .
  • The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) is a nonprofit association dedicated to improving the health of people everywhere through medical education, health care, medical research, and community collaborations.

Students for Fair Admissions Applauds Supreme Court's Decision to End Racial Preferences in College Admissions

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Thursday, June 29, 2023
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ARLINGTON, Va., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Edward Blum, the founder and president of Students for Fair Admissions made the following remarks:

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  • "Ending racial preferences in college admissions is an outcome that the vast majority of all races and ethnicities will celebrate.
  • A university doesn't have real diversity when it simply assembles students who look different but come from similar backgrounds and act, talk, and think alike.
  • "Beginning today, America's colleges and universities have a legal and moral obligation to strictly abide by the Supreme Court's opinion.
  • The elimination of these preferences is long overdue and SFFA hopes that these opinions will compel higher education institutions to end these practices.

Asian Americans to Rally Immediately After Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision

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Monday, June 26, 2023
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WASHINGTON, June 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Asian American parents, community members and students, representing a coalition of organization, will rally at the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court at 12 PM the day of the release of the Supreme Court decision on the landmark cases of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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  • Asian Americans to Rally Immediately After Historic U.S. Supreme Court Decision
    The Supreme Court's decisions in these cases have far-reaching implications for the future of equal opportunity in higher education.
  • Opinions are posted on the official website of the U.S. Supreme Court shortly after they are released at this link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/slipopinion/22 .
  • For 35 years, since Asian Americans first filed a civil rights complaint against Harvard in 1988, Asian Americans have been fighting for equal education rights in college admissions.
  • In 2015, 64 Asian American organizations filed a historic joint civil rights complaint against Ivy League colleges.

80-20 Educational Foundation Calls for Fair Coverage of Asian Americans in Supreme Court Case

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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However, the media should not lose sight that at its core, SFFA v. Harvard is about ending discrimination against Asian Americans in college admission.

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  • However, the media should not lose sight that at its core, SFFA v. Harvard is about ending discrimination against Asian Americans in college admission.
  • SFFA's complaint also discusses Harvard's "long history of intentionally discriminating specifically against Asian Americans" going back to the 1970s.
  • Harvard itself implicitly acknowledges that it discriminated against Asian Americans, because since the lawsuit began, Harvard has dramatically increased its admission rate for Asian Americans.
  • Thus, ending Harvard's discrimination against Asian Americans is not a blow against diversity, as coverage based on the 'end of affirmative action' implies.

Students for Fair Admissions Applauds the Consovoy McCarthy Law Firm for Its Commitment to Civil Rights Principles

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Monday, October 31, 2022
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U. S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two important civil rights cases, Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U. S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two important civil rights cases, Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard.
  • Edward Blum, the founder and president of SFFA said, "This organization has been honored to be represented by the founders, partners and associates of Consovoy McCarthy, an Arlington, Virginia-based law firm."
  • Blum added, "In 2014, William Consovoy and Thomas McCarthy formed their law firm and agreed to represent SFFA in its mission to end the use of racial classifications and preferences in college admissions.
  • It does not follow, therefore, for the law to permit racial classifications and preferences for college admissions as does the Grutter opinion."