Word: ccr
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...CCR members, meanwhile, say they believe that Harvard has not been aggressive or committed enough to the goal of faculty diversity, pointing to other universities whose law faculties are more diverse...
...CCR members charge that the homogeneity of the Harvard faculty harms the community, partly because of the lack of role models for minority students. "Minorities and women get the message they can study law and be professional people but they are not good enough to stand up and teach," says Bonifaz...
Whichever way the case is decided, CCR members say they expect it to set an important legal precedent. One of the arguments it is based on is the Massachusetts Equal Rights Act of 1989, which has never been interpreted before in court...
...case also has a great deal of symbolic value, according to Caroline C. Wittcoff, a third-year law student and CCR member...
...CCR members say the case is being watched closely by other law schools around the country. And Bonifaz suggests that its ramifications may extend even further...