UMinn Law School will no longer give preference to minorities for fellowship: ‘Win for civil rights’ [Video]

A University of Minnesota Law School diversity fellowship will now give equal consideration to White and male applicants following a civil rights complaint.

According to The College Fix, the application for a full-ride diversity fellowship sponsored by the Jones Day law firm has been changed after education watchdog Adam Kissel filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Kissel filed the complaint in September 2023 and alleged the fellowship discriminated based on sex and race because the application gave preference to women and students of color.

A March 25 memo from the OCR obtained by The College Fix noted that the complaint had been resolved and closed after the university told the office the fellowship criteria “does not include a preference based on race or sex.”

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA UNDER INVESTIGATION BY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOLLOWING ANTISEMITISM COMPLAINT

Instead, recipients will be chosen “based on their commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion” …