In TLR’s previously published story “Race Discrimination by Keker & Van Nest Prompts Scrutiny” dealing with Keker & Van’s announcement by which the firm declared unequivocally its intention to disregard and otherwise violate myriad local, state, and federal laws prohibiting race discrimination, as well as state and local laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation; TLR was remiss in failing to mention that in addition to being a LGBTQ law students of color in order to qualify for its scholarship, Keker & Van Nest also placed the following arbitratry and capricious conditions:
a) must be current first-year or second-year law students.
b) must attend University of California, Berkeley School of Law; University of California, Hastings College of the Law; or Stanford Law School.
c) a full-time student and remain in academic good standing for the academic year of the award. See source @:http://www.kvn.com/careers/diversity/Diversity-Scholarship
Per one source, on its face, it appears Keker & Van Nest violates California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act which provides in part: “All persons within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what their sex, race, color, religion,ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever.”
TLR’s original story, please see @: http://lesliebrodie.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/race-discrimination-by-keker-van…
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