The United States Department of Education (ED) and the United States Department of Justice issued this guidance to explain how, consistent with existing law, postsecondary institutions can voluntarily consider race to further the compelling interest of achieving diversity. It replaces the August 28, 2008 letter issued by ED's Office for Civil…

Quite apart from any judicial definition of what due process requires, whether derived from the Fourteenth Amendment, common law, or a contractual relation, a law school is compelled on educational grounds to provide a disciplinary process adequate to satisfy legal and educational demands. Available from Southern Methodist University School of…

The case of Avins v White illustrates that the process of law school accreditation can be a turbulent one. The relationship between administrators of educational institutions and accreditation officials will be affected when this dispute is resolved by the United States Court of Appeals. (MLW)

Empirical research--the uncovering of facts about how individuals and institutions within our legal culture actually behave--is a marginal activity in the legal academy. The neglect of empirical work is so deeply embedded in the incentive structure and professional norms of law schools that they are resistant to change. (MLW)

One important technique by which legal scholars shape their work is the "internal scholarly jury." The jury is made up of those people who are reading the work and whose presumed reactions of pleasure or disappointment shape decisions about such things as topic, approach, method of analysis, and materials. (MLW)

Discusses principles of law library management and presents three problem solving exercises for law librarianship training. American Bar Association standards for law school libraries are presented, with interpretations, and appendices provide a job description for an assistant law librarian and bylaws of the American Law Schools concerning…

This legal document addresses whether the University of Michigan's use of racial preferences in undergraduate admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d) or 42 U.S.C. 1981. This brief filed in support of the petitioners by the federal government argues that…

It is demonstrated that the Model Rule's policy of granting the courts final control over clinical cases and clinical legal education is simply a manifestation of their traditional authority over case conduct and the lawyers appearing before them. (Journal availability: Washington & Lee University School of Law, Lexington, VA 24450, $4.00.)…

The DiLeo v Board of Regents of the University of Colorado decision which dismissed an equal protection challenge to a preferential admission program of the University of Colorado School of Law is discussed. Whether the decision is in accord with the general law of standing and alternative remedies is examined. (MLW)

Eligibility criteria for institutional participation in the Cal Grant awards program was assessed by the California Postsecondary Education Commission in cooperation with the Student Aid Commission. Attention was directed to alternatives to these criteria that would permit the use of these awards by both undergraduates enrolled in nonaccredited,…

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 changed the tax laws that affect how law schools raise revenue and how law faculty make expenditures. All law faculty should become familiar with the changes so as to minimize the potentially adverse consequences to themselves and their institutions. (MSE)

This legal document asserts that the judgement of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Grutter v. Bollinger (No. 02-241) and the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in Gratz v. Bollinger (No. 02-516) should be affirmed. This brief, filed by five highly selective private universities…

In March 1996, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the University of Texas School of Law's admission policy in "Hopwood v. State of Texas." The state failed to show a compelling government interest for the affirmative-action admissions policy favoring Mexican-American and African-American applicants. Minority admissions…

This legal document examines whether the University of Michigan Law School's use of racial preferences in student admissions violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et. seq.), or 42 U.S.C. 1981. This brief filed by the federal government in support of the…

This legal document asserts that the judgment of the Court of Appeals upholding the constitutionality of the University of Michigan Law School's race-conscious admissions policy should be affirmed. It argues that research evidence in the record supports the compelling interest in promoting educational diversity (the Gurin Report supports the…