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"Check the box" ethnicity
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J. Ryan  
Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 5 |
"Check the box" ethnicity
So, I am in D.C. this weekend talking to two JD students at Michigan who seem very knowledgable about law admissions and we begin discussing affirmative action and our respective heritages. I explain, "well, you know my father's side of the family has some Cherokee influence." To be specific my great great great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee. They freak out and say "you mean you didn't check the box?!" They explain that the cut off for such ethnicity elections is a 1/16ths rule, here satisfied for me. And since there is dearth of Native American representation, the claim I could "get in anywhere."Sun Jul 29, 2007 06:23 PM Is this true? I am currently a JD student at a T4 school. I would like to apply for an LLM upon working for a couple of years. |
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nirvana
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Michigan has been subject to a lot of litigation wrt Affirmative action (Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger). To sum the SC ruling in Grutter, the Court cannot provide automatic benefit but to adopt a 'plus one factor' for minorities. This means that altho you dont get a quota benefit (like in some other countries like India), it can provide an advantage to the minorities in situations of equally qualified candidates. Sun Jul 29, 2007 07:47 PM So, it couldnt hurt...... [Edited 29 Jul 2007 by nirvana] |
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| J. Ryan
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Mon Jul 30, 2007 05:54 PM Michigan has been subject to a lot of litigation wrt Affirmative action (Gratz v. Bollinger and Grutter v. Bollinger). To sum the SC ruling in Grutter, the Court cannot provide automatic benefit but to adopt a 'plus one factor' for minorities. This means that altho you dont get a quota benefit (like in some other countries like India), it can provide an advantage to the minorities in situations of equally qualified candidates. Oh I know my Grutter and Gratz. What I was looking for in terms of confirmation is this 1/16th cut off. |
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