The Chronicle of Higher Education

Michigan Law School's Admissions Policies Found to Be Unconstitutional

Federal judge rules that the race of applicants plays too large a role in determining who gets in

By JEFFREY SELINGO

The admissions policies at the University of Michigan's Law School are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled last week, because they "clearly consider" race and are "practically indistinguishable from a quota system."

The ruling...

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