Bakke V. Board of Regents

Today in class we held a moot court for the case of Board of Regents of the University of California V. Bakke. This was a supreme court case that took place during the Civil Rights Era. This case was a case concerning a white man who felt as though he was discriminated against based on his race. Another student of African American decent was accepted to the University, but Bakke had more successful grades, a better resume and an overall better GPA. Many universities use quotas, and this is when a university reserves a certain number of spots for African American students, in order to achieve greater diversity. These quotas actually violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because it uses race as a determining factor in the acceptance of a student. 

Overall I felt as though the class did a great job with this moot court. This case was not the easiest and the groups did a great job of finding supporting information for their arguments. I felt as though the defense team struggled a little bit. The reason for this was because the prosecutors had such good statistics and strong information. The moot court in general went really smoothly and the groups did a great job of arguing their case.