Ohio State law professors can speak about affirmative action ruling

A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled this morning that the University of Michigan’s law school legally considered race in deciding which students to admit.

Three Ohio State law professors who have followed the court case closely are available to speak about the ruling and its effect on higher education admission policies.

On Tuesday, the appeals court ruled 5 to 4 to overturn a lower court’s ruling that the admissions policy used by the law school illegally discriminated against white applicants.

The Supreme Court hasn’t ruled definitively on affirmative action in higher education since its 1978 Bakke decision, when the court said universities may take race into consideration in admissions.

OHIO STATE EXPERTS:

Deborah J. Merritt
John Deaver Drinko-Baker and Hostetler Professor of Law
Director of the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy
(614) 247-7933

Edward B. (Ned) Foley
Professor of Law
(614) 292-4288

David Goldberger
Professor of Law
(614) 292-1536