TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 12, 2024

A federal judge preliminarily has approved more than $104 million in settlements between major U.S. universities and a proposed class of students, who accused the schools of favoring wealthy applicants for admission, reports Reuters. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly in Chicago said the students’ previously disclosed agreements with Brown, Columbia, Yale and other schools were reasonable and could move forward. The students’ case is continuing against 10 other schools. The lawsuit, brought in 2022, seeks billions of dollars in damages on behalf of a proposed class of hundreds of thousands of current and former students who accuse the schools of unlawfully considering applicants' financial backgrounds in admission decisions.