"Students for Fair Admissions" cases: Understanding the oral arguments

On October 31, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two companion cases on affirmative action: Students for Fair Admissions (S.F.F.A) v. Harvard and S.F.F.A. v. University of North Carolina. How will each side make its case? What arguments will the judges find most compelling? What questions will they ask?

The Ford School community is invited to join Professor Ann Lin - Ford School professor and director of the U-M Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies - and Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt -  10th District Court of Appeals Judge for the State of Ohio and Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence - to find out what we can learn from the oral arguments.

Lunch will be provided to those who register in advance!

Faculty Expert

Laurel Beatty Blunt

Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence

In November 2018, Ohio voters elected Judge Laurel Beatty Blunt to serve on the state's Tenth District Court of Appeals. She previously served on the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas, and as director of legislative affairs and counsel to the Voting Rights Institute for the Ohio Secretary of State.

Faculty Expert

Ann Chih Lin

Associate Professor of Public Policy; Director, Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies

Lin, a political scientist, studies how people experience policy implementation. Her current work examines racial and ethnic difference in the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic; bias reduction against Muslims; national security scapegoating of immigrant groups; conservatism among immigrants; and subnational labor migration policy.

• democracy
• U.S. Supreme Court
• law