"There is a glaring need for more minority students and faculty members," said Cecil McNab, president of the Native American Law students group
Vorenberg declined comment yesterday because he has yet to see the minority proposal.
The coalition released the details of its proposals yesterday on the condition that The Crimson quote directly from the one-page cover letter, but not from the suggested guidelines.
Columbia Action
Student organizations at Columbia University Law School last week filed a petition with the federal Department of Labor, charging that the school discriminates against women and minorities in faculty hiring.
Several Harvard professors and administrators said yesterday that the Law School has been more successful in attracting minority faculty members than Columbia.
"We've had some what better results than Columbia," said Delter F. Vagts. Goldston Professors of Law
Greg M Weston, a spokesman for the student umbrella group which filed the Columbia petition, said yesterday that "there's a pervasive felling at [Law school] campuses across the nation that discrimination in hiring is a problem