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Fair Admissions Litigation
This is a compilation of resources related to fair collegiate admissions litigation. (updated Aug., 2023, links last checked June, 2025)
Getting Started
Litigation
SFFA v. Harvard opinion
June 29, 2023
President Biden's response to the ruling
No. 21-707, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Univ. North Carolina
Petition for Writ of Certiorari, No. 21-707
No. 20-1199, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
Petition for Writ of Certiorari, No 20-1199
Appellant Brief, No. 20-1199
Brief in Opposition, No. 20-1199
SFAA v. Univ. North Carolina, No. 20-1199, Supreme Court Oral Argument (via Oyez)
SFFA v. Univ. North Carolina
Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcript
SFFA v. Harvard, Oral Argument (via Oyez)
SFFA v. Harvard
Supreme Court Oral Argument Transcript
SCOTUSblog, A Guide to the Amicus Briefs in the Affirmative Action Cases
Legal Scholars Amicus Brief
Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 19-2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit (Nov. 12, 2020)
980 F.3d 157
Westlaw account required.
Fisher v. Univ. Texas at Austin (2016)
Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)
Regents v. Bakke (1978)
Selected Background
Harvard, Key Facts
SCOTUSblog
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, SFFA v. Harvard
What Does "Race Neutral" Admissions Mean?
Monea, Next on the Chopping Block (2023 article)
Harvard Law Review, Comment on 980 F3d 157 (First Cir., 2020)
The Origins of Race-conscious Affirmative Action.. (2013)
Selected Law Review Articles
Nguyen, et al., Mobilizing Social Science Research to Inform Judicial Decision-Making (2021 article)
28 Asian American Law Journal 4 (2021)
Affirmative Action, Transparency, and the SFFA v. Harvard Case (University of Chicago Law Review Online, 2020 article)
Chiu, Justice or Just Us? SFFA v. Harvard...
92 Southern California Law Review 441 (2019)
Feingold, SFFA v. Harvard: How Affirmative Action Myths Mask White Bonus
107 California Law Review 707 (2019)
Park, Interest Convergence, Negative Action, and SFFA v. Harvard (2019 article)
26 Asian American Law Journal 13 (2019)
Poon, et al., Confronting Misinformation through Social Science Research: SFFA v. Harvard
26 Asian American Law Journal 4 (2019)