The Office of Texas Attorney General John Cornyn filed a petition on Tuesday (April 17) on behalf of The University of Texas School of Law asking the U. S. Supreme Court to review the case of Hopwood v. Texas.
The petition seeks review of an order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that prohibits any consideration of race in law school admissions.
The petition seeks permission for the School of Law at U. T. Austin to use race as one factor among others in admissions decisions in order to assure diversity among the student population. The School of Law currently uses a range of factors such as grades, test scores, work experience, military service, regional origin, and past economic or social disadvantage.
The University is represented in the case by Attorney General Cornyn, the Houston law firm of Vinson & Elkins, Professor Douglas Laycock of the School of Law, and Professor Samuel Issacharoff of Columbia University.
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