Grutter v. Bollinger is a 2003 decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld the admissions policy of the University of Michigan Law School, which considered race as one factor among many in evaluating individual applicants. The Court held that achieving a diverse student body was a compelling interest that could justify the narrowly tailored consideration of race in university admissions, reaffirming the framework the Court had set out in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
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Policy TypeAccess or Equity Policy 1 Education LevelMaster or Equivalent (ISCED 7) 1 Policy Status
Policy Status (category) Enacted / Adopted Year Sources
1. Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)
Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law SchoolPage text
Held: The Law School's narrowly tailored use of race in admissions decisions to further a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body is not prohibited by the Equal Protection Clause, Title VI, or § 1981.
Syllabus, the Law School
The University of Michigan Law School (Law School), one of the Nation's top law schools, follows an official admissions policy that seeks to achieve student body diversity
View the Source 2. Grutter v. Bollinger (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia 'Grutter v. Bollinger': '539 U.S. 306 (2003)', decided in 2003. (w-bbfill-education6-0927)
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In 2023, 20 years later, the Supreme Court effectively overruled Grutter v.
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