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Northwestern's law school discriminates against white men, lawsuit claims

Northwestern's law school discriminates against white men, lawsuit claims
Northwestern's law school discriminates against white men, lawsuit claims 00:34

A new lawsuit accused Northwestern University's Law School of discriminating against white men.

The complaint was filed in federal court by a conservative group called, "Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences."

The plaintiffs argued that "left-wing" administrators were violating anti-discrimination provisions by hiring women and people of color over white men with better credentials.

Northwestern said it intends to fight the lawsuit, which follows a Supreme Court decision last year to invalidate race-conscious admissions at Harvard University.

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