Northwestern University’s law school is facing allegations that it prioritizes hiring women and minority faculty candidates with “mediocre and undistinguished records” over better-credentialed white men. This claim was made by a conservative group in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Chicago federal court. The legal action comes a year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in higher education admissions policies. For more details, the full report can be read on Law360.