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Three years later, Law School case ready for trial
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ago."
The legal landscape
When the lawsuits challenging the Universi-
ty were filed in 1997, the nation had only one
mr affirmative action case, Hopwood v. the
State of kxas, on its radar.
Now, there are several other cases debating
:he issues of affirmative action, including a 9th
?ircuit of Appeals decision in the case Smith v
'he University of Washington Law School,
which upheld the use of race as a factor in
admissions.
The University and the intervening defen-
dants point to the Washington case and Judge
Patrick Duggan's recent decision in the case
challenging the College of Literature, Science
ai*he Arts as signs of the tide changing in
favor of affirmative action.
"I feel terrific about where we are,"
Bollinger said. "We really had a tremendous
victory with Duggan."
Duggan's decision favored the University. In
his opinion, Duggan wrote that race is a com-
pelling government interest, affirming the opin-
ion written by U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Lewis Powell in the 1978 case Universitr of
Califbrnia Regents v. Bakke.
The 9th Circuit and Duggan's decisions
stand in direct contradiction to the decision
reached by the 5th Circuit in the Hopwood
case, which declared Bakke inapplicable and
outlawed the use of race in admissions.
But lawyers from the Center for Individual
Rights also claimed victory in Duggan's deci-
sion because the judge had found that the sys-
tem of admissions used in LSA from 1995-98
was unconstitutional.
In contrast, the Law School's admissions
policy has not changed since 1992.
And it is the application of race under the
current reading of Bakke that will be on trial
in Judge Bernard Friedman's Detroit court-
room on Tuesday. Friedman did indicate that
he will take the question of whether diversity
is a compelling government interest under
advisement.
Social changes
But because of the law's inextricable rela-
tionship with public policy, any discussion of
affirmative action law must also take place
within the context of the present social climate.
And it is within this context that University and
intervenor lawyers say they have gained the
greatest ground.
At first, said Law School Dean Jeffrey
Lehman, public opinion seemed to be against
the University. There was a lot of confusion
about what the policies of the University actu-
ally were, Lehman said.
"The tenr of the conversation has moved
away from flatly false and irresponsible allega-
tions to what the facts are and the issues are,",
he said.
Miranda Massie, lead counsel for the inter-
vening defendants. credited student activism to
swinging public opinion to the side of affirma-
tive action.
When the suits were initially filed, she said,
it seemed likely CR would prevail.
"Now they've got their tail between their
legs and they're scrambling," Massie said. "The
tide is starting to turn and that is largely due to
the students on the U of M campus.
But CIR takes the opposite view. Chief
Executive Officer Terry Pell said, "If anything,
I think the public was disheartened when they
learned the details of what Michigan does.
Pell concluded, "I think it is noteworthy that
the University of Michigan sees this primarily
as a public relations fight when it is really a
issue of what's allowed under our Constitu-
tion."
Public opinion aside, Wayne State law Prof.
Robert Sedler said that the need for affirmative
action has changed dramatically since the
Bakke decision in 1978.
"In 1977, the use of race in admissions was
very crucial. There was an enormous educa-
tional gap between black and white students,"
he said.
Now, he continued, the success of affir-
mative action programs has created a
minority middle class that would ensure
that minorities would continue to apply and
"Now they've got their
tale between their legs
and they're scrambling."
- Miranda Massie
Lead Counsel for intervening defendants
affirmative action would not mean that no
minorities would ever be admitted to the
University again.
"If U of M is not allowed to use race, there
will be political pressure to use factors that cor-
relate with race, like taking the top four percent
from inner city high schools or schools down-
river. And these are people that have good
grades but typically do not have the kind of
preparation that U of M wants them to have.
No matter what the outcome, the trial rep-
resents a crucial moment in higher educa-
tion. It is an event with the potential to
resonate not just at the college level, but at
all levels of society.
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ADMISSIONS
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However, the intervening defendants also contend
that affirmative action policies are necessary to reme-
dy past and present discrimination at the University.
Specifically, they argue that measures such as the Law
School Aptitude Test automatically put minority stu-
dents at a disadvantage and race must be taken in
account to offet those effects.
Lawyers representing the three parties in the case
said they were looking forward to the trial after the
years of legal maneuvering.
"We are looking forward to the opportunity to show
the court and the public that our policy complies with
the law and that it produces excellent students and
lawyers," Deputy General Counsel Liz Barry said.
Terry Pell, CIR's chief executive officer, echoed sim-
ilar statements, saying that CIR viewed the trial as a
MURDER
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chance to "demonstrate just how big a factor race is in
admissions at the Law School."
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late the Constitution and race should never be used as a
factor in admissions.
Curt Levey, director.of Public and Legal Affairs at
CIR added that they were looking forward to cross
examining the University's witnesses.
But the party most excited about the the opportunity
of a trial is the intervening defendants.
"We're absolutely thrilled about a trial." said Miran-
da Massie, lead counsel for the Law School inter-
venors.
"A trial is absolutely necessary to dispel the myth
that black and other minority students are unqualified,"
she said.
The trial is estimated to last no longer than three
weeks, and the court is scheduled to hear testimony
from Jan. 16 to Jan. 26. and resume on February 5.
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