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U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 9, 2023

Lawsuit is dropped after MoFo changes diversity fellowship

Perkins Coie removed from its website language about fellowships being offered to “historically underrepresented groups in the legal industry”, but has not settled the lawsuit.

It didn’t take long for two major law firms – including Morrison & Foerster LLP, based in San Francisco – to surrender to a conservative legal activist who led this year’s successful U.S. Supreme Court challenge to affirmative action in college admissions.

American Alliance for Equal Rights, founded by Edward Blum, filed lawsuits on Aug. 22 against Morrison & Foerster and Perkins Coie LLP targeting fellowship programs for law studen...

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