UW Law School urges state to take action
June 24, 2003
While Monday's Supreme Court decision on the University of Michigan's affirmative-action programs will not immediately affect UW admissions, the UW School of Law is urging the state to use the decision to benefit the school's suffering diversity.
The decision upheld a Michigan law school policy that used race as a factor for admissions, as long as it warranted a "compelling state interest in student body diversity".
Since the passage of Initiative 200, which prohibits the use of racial preferences in Washington state college admissions, the UW School of Law's minority enrollment has dropped. In 1992, 42 of the School's 155 students were minorities. In 2002, there were 16 minority students in a class of 174.
"The state should refine I-200 by writing these safeguards into state law," said W.H. Knight, Jr., dean of the School of Law. "Under the Washington Constitution, initiatives such as I-200 are, like all other state laws, subject to refinement or modification by the state legislature."
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