UNC Pays Anti-Affirmative Action Group $4.8M in Court Costs - Articles

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Posted by: Paul Burch on Jan 30, 2024

The University of North Carolina agreed to pay $4.8 million to cover fees and expenses of Students for Fair Admissions (SFA), an anti-affirmative action group founded by Edward Blum that won a challenge to the school's consideration of race in student admissions, reports Reuters. The disclosure was made in response to a public records request by Reuters seeking information on the fees accrued by the Virginia-based nonprofit. According to tax filings, SFA has spent about $8 million on legal expenses during the course of its various lawsuits since 2015, with nearly $6.9 million going to its primary law firm, Consovoy McCarthy.