Lawsuit against UC-SF

From the San Francisco Chronicle: The conservative Pacific Legal Foundation has sued UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland over an internship program for minority high school students, alleging the program violates state and federal laws because it bases eligibility on race.

The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Oakland, also names the UC Board of Regents as a defendant. It was filed on behalf of a 15-year-old Berkeley High School student, identified only as G.H., who applied for the program and was rejected. The student is white.

The Community Health and Adolescent Mentoring Program for Success, or CHAMPS, is a three-year internship for minority high school students interested in health professions. It begins in the 10th grade and involves classroom education, health care training, tutoring and rotations in hospital departments, according to UCSF.  

In the complaint, Pacific Legal Foundation argues the program violates the Equal Protection Clause and California’s Proposition 209, which prohibits public universities and entities from using race and ethnicity in employment, education and contracting...

Full story at https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/ucsf-benioff-hospital-internship-lawsuit-20161446.php.