The Chicago Bears Football Club Inc. illegally passed over a White, male law student from DePaul University in favor of racial minorities and women for its Legal Diversity Fellowship program earlier this year, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
Officials for the professional American football team discriminated against Jonathan Bresser Jr. when they denied his application in January and said they’re considering “other applicants whose experience and qualifications more closely match [their] needs,” according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
The lawsuit is the latest in a string of increasing legal challenges by ...
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