Columbia Law School removes application requirement following report on affirmative action evasion.
Columbia Law School Removes Questionable Admission Requirement
Columbia Law School has recently made changes to its admission process for transfer students. This decision came after concerns were raised about a potential loophole being used to bypass the U.S. Supreme Court ban on affirmative action, as reported by The Washington Free Beacon.
The Supreme Court ruling in June declared that race-based admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina violated civil rights laws. This landmark decision has had a significant impact on university admissions processes nationwide.
Despite the ban on race-based admissions, some universities have indicated their intention to find loopholes in the ruling, as reported by The Daily Wire.
Initially, Columbia Law School’s admissions page stated that transfer applicants must submit a 90-second video statement addressing random questions. This requirement was seen as an attempt to evade the requirements of the Civil Rights Act, according to Edward Blum, founder of the nonprofit organization Students for Fair Admissions.
Blum’s organization had previously challenged elite universities for allegedly considering race unfairly in their admissions processes. The Supreme Court ruled against Harvard and UNC in this regard.
Following the report by The Washington Free Beacon, Columbia Law School clarified that the video statement component was a misunderstanding and had been removed from the website. The school stated that video statements would not be required for the Fall 2024 J.D. application.
It is worth noting that other colleges, such as Sarah Lawrence College in New York, have found alternative ways to inquire about a student’s race, including asking how the Supreme Court ruling has personally affected them, as reported by the New York Post.
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