Ward Connerly
Amicus Curiae
Manuel S. Klausner, Counsel of RecordWard Connerly is a longtime member of the University of California Board of Regents and was a leading advocate of California’s successful ballot measure to end the State’s use of racial and gender preferences in hiring, contracting, and college admissions. Manuel S. Klausner has a private law practice in Los Angeles, California, specializing in civil trial and appellate law. He received his law degree from New York University in 1962. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 16, 2003."Distinctions between citizens…