{"id":1987490,"date":"2023-08-01T05:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-said-it-would-require-applicants-to-submit-video-statements-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ban-then-it-backtracked\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T05:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:15:56","slug":"columbia-law-school-said-it-would-require-applicants-to-submit-video-statements-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ban-then-it-backtracked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-said-it-would-require-applicants-to-submit-video-statements-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ban-then-it-backtracked\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Law School initially demanded &#8216;video statements&#8217; from applicants after the affirmative action ban, but later reversed its decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-law-school-said-it-would-require-applicants-to-submit-video-statements-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ban-then-it-backtracked%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1987490&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Columbia Law School Requires Video Statements from Applicants<\/h2>\n<p>Columbia \u200cLaw School has announced a new requirement for all applicants\u2063 in response to the\u2064 Supreme Court&#8217;s ban on race-based\u2064 college admissions. According\u200c to the school&#8217;s admissions page, applicants will now\u200b need to submit a 90-second\u200b &#8220;video statement&#8221; to provide\u200c additional insight into \u200ctheir personal strengths.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Critics have accused Columbia of using this video statement as a way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-olympic-rower-patricia-spratlen-etem-says-biden-administrations-proposed-title-ix-changes-awful-threat\/\" title=\"U.S. Olympic Rower Patricia Spratlen Etem Says Biden Administration\u2019s Proposed Title IX Changes \u201cAwful Threat\u201d\">practice affirmative action<\/a>\u200c by other means, \u200busing appearance as a proxy for \u200crace,&#8221; said Edward Blum, founder of Students for Fair Admissions. &#8220;What can a 90-second video \u2064convey that a written\u2064 statement cannot?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, a spokesperson for the law school clarified that it \u2064was all a misunderstanding. By \u20636:00\u2063 PM Monday evening, Columbia \u200dhad removed the language\u2062 from its website.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1775637\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1775637\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1775637\">Archived image from Columbia University website captured Monday, July 31, 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-defense-university-conceals-partnerships-with-u-s-schools\/\" title=\"Chinese Defense University Conceals Partnerships With U.S. Schools\">law school confirmed<\/a> that video statements\u200c will not be required \u2063for the Fall 2024 J.D.\u2062 application. The requirement was\u200d mistakenly listed on the website and has since been corrected.<\/p>\n<p>While video statements were previously required for transfer applicants as part \u2064of a pilot program, the broader requirement for all applicants was added after the Supreme Court&#8217;s \u200cruling in \u2062late June.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The timing of this change raises suspicions. It&#8217;s clear they were trying to \u2064hide\u200c their intentions,&#8221; said a\u200c current Columbia Law student before the requirement was taken down.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia has not indicated whether video statements will be optional in future \u200bapplication \u2062cycles.<\/p>\n<p>This reversal follows Columbia&#8217;s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-school-said-it-would-require-applicants-to-submit-video-statements-in-wake-of-affirmative-action-ban-then-it-backtracked\/\" title=\"Columbia Law School initially demanded 'video statements' from applicants after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-colleges-likely-to-seek-workarounds-in-aftermath-of-ban-on-affirmative-action\/\" title=\"Colleges may find ways around Affirmative Action ban.\">affirmative action ban<\/a>, but later reversed its decision.&#8221;>law journals delaying masthead acceptances<\/a> in \u2064response to the affirmative action ban. The journals stated\u200b that they have an \u2064&#8221;obligation&#8221;\u200b to ensure \u200ctheir selection process aligns with the\u2063 law.<\/p>\n<p>While some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-professor-invents-critical-race-theory-watchdog-site\/\" title=\"Cornell Professor Invents Critical Race Theory Watchdog Site\">law schools<\/a> conducted optional interviews before\u200b the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision, none\u2062 implemented a requirement \u200dlike Columbia&#8217;s short-lived video statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Law schools should not base their selection \u200cprocess on personal appearance,&#8221; said a graduate of \u200dColumbia Law School, who is now a partner at a prominent New York law firm. &#8220;This was \u200dan obvious attempt to circumvent the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling and the Civil Rights Act.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>David Bernstein, a professor at George\u200b Mason \u2063Law School, suggested that videos may\u200c become a way for schools to collect and consider data on race, which they are officially barred from \u200busing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This requirement seems like an insurance policy in case schools are not allowed to ask about race,&#8221; Bernstein explained. &#8220;Requiring video statements \u200dis unprecedented in law schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Although the Supreme Court prohibits universities from considering race, they can still consider an applicant&#8217;s \u2063discussion of how race affected their life. This carve-out\u2064 is expected to increase \u2064schools&#8217; reliance on interviews and essays.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dan Morenoff, executive director of the\u2062 American Civil Rights Project, video statements may be on shakier legal \u2062ground and \u200ccould potentially\u200c lead to litigation. Morenoff pointed out that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission advises against asking for photographs of applicants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Law School mandates a 90-second &#8220;video statement&#8221; from all applicants following the Supreme Court&#8217;s prohibition on race-based college admissions. The admissions office clarified that every applicant must address a randomly selected question in a concise video, not exceeding 90 seconds, as stated on the school&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":1987491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1987490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1987490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1987491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1987490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1987490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1987490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}