Concept information
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legal specialisms
education law
higher education law
cases in higher education law: affirmative action and race-based admissions
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social history of crime
courts, corrections, punishments
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court cases
Preferred term
DeFunis v. Odegaard
Definition
- In DeFunis v. Odegaard (1974), a law school applicant challenged the University of Washington Law School's race-conscious admission policy, charging that his rejection constituted discrimination. DeFunis is important because it was the first dispute to reach the Supreme Court involving voluntary affirmative action or admission policy in a postsecondary school context. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; DeFunis v. Odegaard]
Broader concept
Belongs to group
Date
- 1974
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/DeFunis_v._Odegaard
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