A conservative legal group sued New York University on Thursday in federal court, claiming NYU School of Law’s process in selecting students to work on its flagship academic publication gives preference to women and minorities in violation of U.S. law.
The lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court by America First Legal—an organization headed by former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller—claims that NYU Law Review’s selection policies for student editors and other staffers violate federal law that prohibits discrimination at universities and colleges. The plaintiff, listed as John Doe, is a white, heterosexual male first-year NYU law student who intends to apply for a spot on the law review in the summer of 2024, according to the complaint.
Mitchell is listed as plaintiffs’ counsel alongside Gene Hamilton of America First Legal in the new NYU lawsuit. “The NYU Law Review continues to give unlawful and discriminatory preferences to women, non-Asian racial minorities, and homosexual and transgender individuals when selecting its members and editors,” reads the compliant. A Manhattan federal judge dismissed Mitchell’s previous suit against the NYU Law Review in March 2020 — a decision the 2nd U.S.
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