Harvard Beats Claim It Dumbs Down Law Review for Race and Gender

Harvard University won dismissal of a suit claiming it illegally uses race and gender in selecting students for its elite Law Review.

Faculty, Alumni and Students Opposed to Racial Preferences, a Texas group that seeks “to restore meritocracy at American universities by eliminating the use of race and sex preferences,” sued Harvard in October, claiming it discriminates against white male applicants and authors and that the Law Review suffers for it.

On Aug. 8, U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in Boston dismissed the suit for failing to identify any of the group’s members, making it impossible to determine whether they ...