Today’s Inside Higher Ed has an interesting article on Friday’s hearing of the Civil Rights Commission on Affirmative Action in Law Schools (blogged here):  Law Schools and Diversity Standards, by Elia Powers:

The United States Commission on Civil Rights took up affirmative action at law schools during a five-hour session Friday highlighted by political posturing, jousting over statistics and moments of incivility.

A George Mason University law professor — joined by a number of the commission’s own members — aired concerns that the American Bar Association, which oversees the accreditation of law schools, is pressuring institutions to practice unlawful racial preferences in admissions. Two other professors invited to address the group engaged in a broader debate about the costs and benefits of affirmative action at law schools.

For blogosphere coverage, see BlackProf.com (Christopher Bracey).