Civil Rights Practice Group

New Guidance Documents from the Department of Education and Department of Justice Address Race-Based Decision-Making by Schools

Anthony Pericolo, William E. Trachman

In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decisions in SFFA v. Harvard and...

Deep Dive Episode 276 - Race & School Discipline

Juan Del Toro, Kristen Harper, Dan Morenoff, Alison E. Somin

Regulatory Transparency Project's Fourth Branch Podcast

During President Obama’s second term, the U.S. Education Department began sharing studies indicating that black...

The Origins of the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Campus Sexual Assault

KC Johnson

Six years ago, I filed a FOIA request for various documents relating to the origin...

Do Title IX Proceedings Count as Legal Processes, or Don’t They?

KC Johnson

This post was originally published at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. The...

Federal Appellate Court Upholds State Ban on Gender Medicine for Minors

Sarah Parshall Perry

Recently, the Sixth Circuit upheld Tennessee’s ban on so-called gender-affirming medical interventions for minors. Of...