[george wythe]

O'Connor wrote the majority opinion striking down the undergrad system under the Equal Protections clause.

That's a big win for me, since that's exactly the main reason I found this UMichigan undergrad policy so unfair.

To get to law school, the students must first do undergraduate work. Let's see how many students will be able to benefit by the AA policy at the law school level.

It might become superfluous to have AA for the UMichigan law school if the minority applicants made it through a rigorous undergraduate selection process.

[arasina]

See my post #306. My pitiful way of expressing what you stated so succinctly. Thank you.

[autoresponder]

One very simple question for choosing an attorney or any law firm now:

What law schools did you or all members of your law firm attend and/or graduate from?

[Hostage]

Uh, the undergrad system that was struck down does not explicitly imply that race can't be used as an admissions factor. That's not a win in any book. You will see race used as a factor at the undergrad level without a codified system. An admissions committee will be given a stack of applications and will be told they can use race as a factor in their decision so long as no point system is used.

Here's a likely scenario:

Committee member A:
"This candidate is black from State X and brings a view of the world that other undergrads will find broadening".
Committee member B:
"The candidate that I am looking at is white from our home state and has a track record of academic achievement".
Committee member A:
"Yes, but the State X candidate will diversify the background of this year's class."
Committee member B:
"I agree."

Where is the point system? Where is there a quota? Answer: there isn't one. The admissions director will need only be careful as to the overall SAT average of the entering class. So if too many poorly prepared applicants are admitted and this drags down overall SAT averages, then it's time to weight academic performance until an SAT average overall goal is reached.

Sadly such a system will not stop with the admissions process but will continue through to graduation.