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Overview (Program Summary)
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on two affirmative action cases on June 29th - Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. University of North Carolina and SFFA v. Harvard College. In each of these cases, SFFA challenged not only whether the universities’ policies comport with the Supreme Court’s 45-year precedent authorizing race-conscious admissions in higher education, but also whether that precedent should be overturned. The court ruled in favor of SFFA striking down affirmative action in college admissions.
While the focus of these cases is college admissions, many are concerned that the implications of the rulings could have broader reach—beyond the halls of higher education and into the boardrooms and breakrooms of the nation’s corporations. With such significant stakes, clarity on the law and the context of these cases is critical to in-house counsel’s ability to provide sound advice.
In this webcast, held in partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under Law (which argued the University of North Carolina case in the SCOTUS), legal and diversity experts will analyze the potential impact the ruling might have on your organization and the business and corporate legal communities at-large.