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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 14, 2024
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Lisa Gates, Vice President of Communications, (614) 224-3255
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The Buckeye Institute Investigation Results in Law Schools Ending Discriminatory Legal Programs
Columbus, OH – On Thursday, The Buckeye Institute announced that its investigation
into unconstitutional race-based programs at Ohio’s public law schools
resulted in all of the law schools ending their discriminatory
programs—a victory for the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution.
“Federal law and the U.S. Constitution prohibit discrimination based on race,” said David C. Tryon, director of litigation at The Buckeye Institute.
“Although the goals of these programs were laudable, it is a victory
for the Constitution and the rule of law that all of the law schools
ended these discriminatory programs or opened them to all applicants.”
Earlier
this year, The Buckeye Institute sent public records requests to
investigate whether Ohio’s public law schools operated or participated
in unconstitutional race-based scholarship or internship programs.
Letters were sent to:
The
results of Buckeye’s efforts are that all of the law schools removed
illegal and unconstitutional race-based requirements for their
scholarships and internship programs.
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