National groups sue Southfield law firm over its diversity scholarship programs

National groups sue Southfield law firm over its diversity scholarship programs

By Louis Aguilar, MediaNews Group National groups targeting affirmative action are suing a Southfield-based law firm because its scholarship programs that awarded $2,000 to a Latina law school student and an Asian American medical student are discriminatory to white students, the suit contends. The law firm contends the suit is frivolous and motivated more by political ideology than fact. The suit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Detroit…