Democratic AGs Defend Diversity Requirements for Law Schools

Democrat state attorneys general are defending diversity requirements for law schools set by the American Bar Association accrediting body in a Thursday letter.

“Groups interested in reversing racial progress have become unduly emboldened by Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College,” the letter said. “Among other tactics, they are willfully misinterpreting the law in attacking various DEI efforts that are not impacted by the holding of SFFA.”

The letter to the ABA and business leaders in support of the diversity requirements comes weeks after more than 20 Republican state attorneys general warned the ABA that ...