Democratic attorneys general defend diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts as federal directives aim to dismantle them 

March 10, 2025

BLOOMBERG LAW — Many of the corporate diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility programs under Trump administration scrutiny are legal and reduce workplace bias and harassment, Democratic state attorneys general said in a guidance document.

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Conservative advocacy groups call for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate ABA diversity programs

March 7, 2025

REUTERS —  A coalition of conservative legal groups on Monday asked the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate several of the American Bar Association’s diversity hiring programs, claiming they discriminate by giving priority to minority applicants and other underrepresented groups.

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University responses to recent executive orders on diversity, equity, and inclusion differ 

March 3, 2025

NEW YORK TIMES — Some universities are scrubbing websites and canceling events to comply with executive orders targeting diversity efforts. Other schools are promising to resist.

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University faculty react to recent executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives

March 3, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”

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Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

February 20, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.

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Opinion: People must stand up against attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

February 19, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — President Trump’s attacks on DEI are damaging and dehumanizing, DeRionne P. Pollard writes.

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ABA opposes federal inquiries into bar association diversity, equity and inclusion

February 18, 2025

REUTERS — The American Bar Association urged the Trump administration to roll back its executive order calling for federal investigations into diversity and inclusion efforts by bar associations, citing the groups’ 1st Amendment rights.

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University of Michigan Law professor Margo Schlanger honored for promoting equity and social change

February 11, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW — The Center for the Education of Women+ at the University of Michigan announced that Schlanger, the Wade H. and Dores M. McCree Collegiate Professor of Law, will receive its Carol Hollenshead Inspire Award for Excellence in Promoting Equity and Social Change.

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Yale Law shares that student diversity has remained steady following US Supreme Court decision on affirmative action

February 6, 2025

YALE DAILY NEWS — While the Yale Law School previously reported a 12 percent decrease in the enrollment of students of color after the fall of affirmative action, the latest American Bar Association report reveals the racial demographics remained relatively stable compared to last year’s class.

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Executive Order could target diversity, equity and inclusion programs at bar associations and law schools

February 4, 2025

BLOOMBER LAW — Diversity, equity and inclusion programs at bar associations and law schools will be subject to more scrutiny under a second Trump administration.

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