Shaking the Foundations 2022
David Hinojosa
David is recognized as a national leading litigator, thought leader and advocate in the area of civil rights, specializing in educational impact litigation and policy. He currently serves as the Director of the Educational Opportunities Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law where he spearheads the organization’s cutting-edge racial justice work in education.
David presently serves as lead counsel for college students of color and alumni defending affirmative action admissions in three separate cases and argued the Harvard case on behalf of amici before the First Circuit. He is lead counsel in the North Carolina state school finance case and spearheaded the remedial order that will benefit underserved students. David is also leading national efforts in responding to classroom censorship laws.
David’s wide-ranging civil rights litigation and policy work has helped: preserve affirmative action, desegregate schools, improve school finance systems, cultivate English Leaner programs, and preserve the Texas DREAM Act. He has argued historic cases before the Fifth Circuits, and the Supreme Courts of Colorado and Texas.
David is also well-published, including “Rodriguez v. San Antonio Independent School District, Forty Years and Counting” in The Enduring Legal of Rodriguez (Harvard Education Press).
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