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American Alliance For Equal Rights v. American Bar Association

  1. November 03, 2025

    ABA Changes DEI Scholarship Requirement Amid Lawsuit

    A law school scholarship once meant for a "member of an underrepresented racial and/or ethnic minority" is now open to applicants who "have demonstrated a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion," according to a change broadcast by an organization suing the American Bar Association over the scholarship's "categorical exclusion" of whites.

  2. July 31, 2025

    ABA Seeks To Toss Race Bias Suit Over Scholarship Program

    The American Bar Association urged an Illinois federal court to throw out a lawsuit from The American Alliance for Equal Rights alleging the association's Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund constitutes race-based discrimination, arguing that the claims are simply a "'desire to vindicate' a particular 'view of the law.'"

  3. April 18, 2025

    Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

    The Trump administration faced off with two BigLaw firms in lawsuits over executive orders, a group of law students sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over its demand for law firm diversity information and the American Bar Association was sued for race discrimination. Here, Law360 looks at notable DEI-related legal developments from the past week.

  4. April 14, 2025

    ABA Scholarship Illegally Bars White Applicants, Suit Says

    The American Bar Association unlawfully discriminates against white law students by excluding them from a scholarship program for racial and ethnic minorities, according to a federal lawsuit from a group founded by the conservative legal strategist who led a successful Supreme Court challenge to affirmative action in university admissions.