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...School Coalition for Civil Rights (CCR)--Composed of six minority organizations and the Women's Law Association--is appealing an earlier decision by lower court, which dismissed the case on the grounds that students are not the appropriate group to challenge the school's hiring policies in a lawsuit...
...coalition is filing for the right to discovery, which will give them access to personnel files. CCR claims that the hiring process is secretive and discriminatory. This is the first case in which law students are using their school for discrimination in hiring faculty members...
...finds for CCR, the case will be sent back to the Massachusetts Superior Court, which will then address the charges of discrimination in hiring practices...
Both Harvard and CCR have already field briefs with the SJC, and the hearing will give the justices the opportunity to interrogate student and University representatives about their cases...
...CCR leaders also answered questions about Law School Dean Robert C. Clark's response to the case. The administration has not done much to answer students concerns, they said...