A second scholarship program—this time aimed at aspiring law students—is under legal scrutiny for allegedly excluding white applicants in violation of federal civil rights law.
The American Bar Association (ABA) is facing a federal lawsuit over its Legal Opportunity Scholarship Fund, with claims that the program unlawfully excludes white applicants in violation of federal civil rights law. The case follows a similar controversy last week, when the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it had successfully pushed several Illinois universities to suspend a race-based scholarship program targeting underrepresented students interested in higher education careers.