CLE: The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action in Education

New York, NY — The New York County Lawyers Association CLE Institute will present:

The Supreme Court, Affirmative Action in Education, & the Diversity Ethos: The 45-Year Odyssey of Bakke, Grutter, & SFFA

on July 13, 2026, and will be offered via webinar.

This program examines how the U.S. Supreme Court, in three landmark cases over a 45-year span, addressed the question of affirmative action in higher education. In Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023), the Burger Court, the Rehnquist Court, and the Roberts Court grappled with the issue of affirmative action and issued decisions shaping the contours of access to higher education in an increasingly diverse society.

FACULTY

Rudolph Carmenaty, Deputy Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services

Register here.

About the New York County Lawyers Association
The New York County Lawyers Association (www.nycla.org) was founded in 1908 as one of the first major bar associations in the country that admitted members without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, or gender. Since its inception, it has pioneered some of the most far-reaching and tangible reforms in American jurisprudence and has continuously played an active role in legal developments and public policy.

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