{"id":14340,"date":"2023-07-06T13:29:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T17:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=14340"},"modified":"2023-07-06T14:21:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T18:21:49","slug":"14340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2023\/07\/06\/14340\/","title":{"rendered":"Jefferson Exum discusses recent Supreme Court Affirmative Action ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School of Law Dean <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/law\/jelani-jefferson-exum.php\">Jelani Jefferson Exum<\/a> discussed the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision about affirmative action on the digital <a href=\"https:\/\/michiganchronicle.com\/2023\/06\/29\/michigan-universities-react-to-supreme-court-decision-to-ban-affirmative-action\/\">Michigan Chronicle newscast<\/a> and WDET&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2023\/06\/30\/detroit-today-how-the-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling-may-mirror-michigan-law\/\">Detroit Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy reaction was the same as many of us who have been working in legal education towards equity,\u201d Jefferson Exum told <a href=\"https:\/\/wdet.org\/2023\/06\/30\/detroit-today-how-the-supreme-courts-affirmative-action-ruling-may-mirror-michigan-law\/\">Detroit Today<\/a>. \u201cIt was one of disappointment, not surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/news\/articles\/2023\/06-30-statement-supreme-court-decision.php\">University&#8217;s statement on the Supreme Court ruling.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-14344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2023\/07\/Jelani-Exum-Jefferson.jpg?resize=993%2C661&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Jelani Jefferson Exum speaks from a podium inside of a classroom at Detroit Mercy's 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