ICYMI: NYSBA Task Force on Advancing Diversity Press Conference
9.28.2023
The report of the association’s Task Force on Advancing Diversity recommends colleges and graduate schools that want to achieve diversity should eliminate the preferential treatment in admissions given to athletes, the children of alumni and the family of donors. The report also recommends moving away from standardized tests and grade point averages and focusing instead on how an applicant furthers a college’s or law school’s goals and values.
The report is in response to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina. The court ruled in June that race-conscious admissions policies at the two universities are unconstitutional.
The report and the Sept. 20 press conference to announce it received national news attention from several outlets including Reuters, Bloomberg, American Lawyer/ Law.com and Law 360. You can watch excerpts from the news conference above or the entire news conference below.
