Litigation Update: UT-Austin Faces Lawsuit Over Race-Based Admissions

Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum

Last month, Students for Fair Admissions, a non-profit membership organization comprised of over 21,000 students, parents, and others, filed a lawsuit in Texas state court against the University of Texas at Austin. The organization alleges that UT’s racial preferences in admissions violate the Texas Constitution and a Texas statute. In particular, the Texas Constitution provides that: “Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged because of sex, race, color, creed, or national origin.” This Equal Rights Amendment was purportedly enacted by the people of Texas to provide more expansive protection against discrimination than the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Join Edward Blum, the president of Students for Fair Admissions, will join us to discuss the use of race-based preferences in the admissions process and the organization’s new lawsuit against the University of Texas at Austin.

Featuring: 

• Edward Blum, Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, President, Students for Fair Admissions, President, Project on Fair Representation

Call begins at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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