Following up on Friday's post on the Harvard Law Review: Bloomberg Law, Conservative Group Accuses Michigan Law Review of Selection Bias:

A legal group opposed to racial and gender preferences in academia sued the University of Michigan’s law review and leadership, alleging the journal’s selection process is based on a discriminatory scheme favoring women, racial minorities, gay, and transgender contributors.

The plaintiff—Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences—alleges the Michigan Law Review’s “use of race and sex preferences in grading personal statements and the holistic-review process is a flagrant violation of state and federal anti-discrimination law,” according to its complaint filed Wednesday with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

“Students who are believed to be conservative or members of organizations such as the Federalist Society are never chosen to serve” on the journal’s Holistic Review Committee, FASORP alleges, “because these students would resist or expose the Law Review’s use of illegal race and sex preferences when selecting student members.”

Reuters, Conservative Group Sues Michigan Law Review, Claiming Racial Discrimination:

A conservative legal group sued the University of Michigan’s flagship law journal on Wednesday, claiming its process for selecting student editors and scholarly articles illegally discriminates against heterosexual white men by giving preference to women, minority, gay and transgender applicants.

In a lawsuit filed in a Michigan federal court, the group called Faculty, Alumni, and Students Opposed to Racial Preference said it represents three unnamed tenured or tenure-track white male heterosexual law professors whose submitted articles were rejected by the Michigan Law Review. The group is also representing an anonymous white male incoming second-year Michigan law student who has applied to be a member of the law review—a competitive position that helps bolster law student resumes. 

• Above the Law, Michigan Law Review Gets Sued For Allegedly Discriminating Against White Heterosexual Applicants
• MLive, University of Michigan Law Review Discriminates Against Straight White Men, Lawsuit Claims

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Pervasive Pattern Of Racial Discrimination At Harvard Law Review (Apr. 28, 2025)
• Trump Administration Investigates Harvard Law Review For Racial Discrimination (Apr. 29, 2025)
• Harvard Law Review Hunts For Leaker Of Racial Discrimination Practices (May 2, 2025)
• Harvard Law Review Asked Prospective Editors To Disclose Their Race Days After It Was Hit With Civil Rights Probes (May 5, 2025)
• Harvard Law Review Forcefully Denies Racial Discrimination Accusations That Sparked Federal Inquiry (May 30, 2025)
• New York Times: Inside Trump’s Attack On The Harvard Law Review (June 3, 2025)
• Harvard Law Review Retaliates Against Former Editor Working In Trump Administration Who Alleged Pervasive Pattern Of Racial Discrimination (June 9, 2025)
• Harvard Law Review Rejects 85% Of Submissions Using Race-Conscious Rubric, Including Article By Asian-American Tax Scholar (June 20, 2025)

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