The Fisher Case: Mismatch & the Future of Affirmative Action

Civil Rights Practice Group Teleforum

Fisher v. University of Texas comes before the Court just as an unprecedented number of scholars have published work directly or indirectly calling into question some of the basic assumptions of affirmative action policies. Is the Supreme Court poised to make more fundamental changes to affirmative action in higher education than it did in either Bakke (1978) or Grutter and Gratz (2003)? Does Fisher have the markings of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case? Professor Richard Sander of UCLA will give an overview of this research and discuss its implications for Fisher.

Fisher v. University of Texas comes before the Court just as an unprecedented number of scholars have published work directly or indirectly calling into question some of the basic assumptions of affirmative action policies. Is the Supreme Court poised to make more fundamental changes to affirmative action in higher education than it did in either Bakke (1978) or Grutter and Gratz (2003)? Does Fisher have the markings of a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case? Professor Richard Sander of UCLA will give an overview of this research and discuss its implications for Fisher. 

Featuring:

• Prof. Richard Sander, UCLA School of Law

Call begins at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

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