HILGERS JOINS REQUEST TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION TO DROP ITS DEI STANDARDS

LINCOLN- Attorney General Mike Hilgers signed a letter alongside 20 of his Republican counterparts requesting that the American Bar Association drop its diversity and inclusion standards for law schools. The states argued that DEI efforts in schools allow administrators to violate the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

The letter comes just a year after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against a Harvard College initiative that dictated that students must be considered for enrollment based on their experiences as an individual and not on their race. The decision allowed higher institutions to do away with decades-old affirmative action policies.

The diversity and inclusion standards of the American Bar Association, according to the letter, "seemingly asks law schools to defy the Court's clear directive. In its current form, the Standard all but compels law schools to consider race in both the admissions and employment contexts."

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