Attorneys for the University of Michigan have requested an extension in filing an opposition brief in a case challenging their law school's use of race in admissions, according to The Michigan Daily.
Plaintiffs in the case have requested that the Supreme Court hear the case and opposition briefs were supposed to be filed by Sept. 15.
Such requests for extensions are routine, according to Assistant General Counsel Jonathan Alger.
Curt Levey, director of Legal and Public Affairs for the Center for Individual Rights, the law firm representing plaintiff Barbara Grutter, said an extension would not hinder the case for his client. But, he notes that the case involves more than just the University of Michigan.
\Universities nationwide are looking to this case to tell them whether it's okay to use racial preferences in admissions and, if so, what limits have to be on those preferences,"" he said.
UW-Madison is among the universities with a similar admissions policy to that of the UM Law School.
