SALT has been a named plaintiff or submitted amicus briefs in important cases before the United States Supreme Court and other lesser courts. Some of these cases are listed below, along with links to PDF files of the briefs, if available, or links to the court’s decisions.

SALT Amicus filing, March 15, 2010, in CLS v. Martinez (PDF) Issue: viability of law school anti-discrimination policy

SALT, National Lawyers Guild, Center for Constitutional Rights amicus filing in Churchill v. University of Colorado, February 2010 (PDF).  Issue: academic freedom in university setting

Sussex Commons Associates, LLC v Rutgers, The State University, Rutgers Environmental Law Clinic & Rutgers University Custodian of Records, Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, A-1567-08T3, filed May 26, 2009 (PDF); Issue: attorney-client privilege in law school clinic settings

Richmond v. District Court of Maryland, Court of Appeals of Maryland, September Term 2008, No. 54, filed September 15, 2008 (PDF); Issue: right to counsel at bail hearings in Maryland

Rumsfeld v. FAIR, 126 S. Ct. 1297 (2006); Issue: Whether the Solomon Amendment which provides that if a law school denies equal access to military recruiters, the entire university would lose federal funding from the Department of Defense and other federal agencies is a violation of the First Amendment

Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003) (PDF); Issue: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000) (PDF); Issue: Sexual Orientation Discrimination

Bartlett v. New York State Board of Bar Examiners, 156 F.3d 321 (2d Cir. 1998); 226 F.3d 69 (2d. Cir. 2000)

Blessing v. Freestone, 520 U.S. 329 (1997)

Letter in Opposition to Changes in the Student Practice Rules of Louisiana (1997) (PDF); SALT authors: Mike Axline & Lisa Ikemoto; Issue: Student Practice Rules

C.K. v. New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services, 92 F.23d 171 (3d Cir. 1996)

Utah Women's Clinic, Inc. v. Leavitt, 75 F.3d 564 (10th Cir. 1996)

Sheff v. O'Neill, 238 Conn.1, 678 A.2d 1267 (1996) (PDF); SALT Author: Martin Margulies: Issues: State Action and School Desegregation

Lloyd v. Grella, 83 N.Y.2d 537, 634 N.E.2d 171, 611 N.Y.S.2d 799 (1994) (PDF); SALT Authors: Deborah Batts, Mary Daly, James Kainen & Russell Pearce; Issue: Military Recruiting in Public School Facilities

NAACP v. Detroit Police Officers Association, 499 U.S. 913 (1991), cert. denied, opinion below, 900 F.2d 903 (6th Cir. 1990)

International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Johnson Controls, 499 U.S. 187 (1991) (PDF); SALT Author: Nadine Taub; Issue: Gender Discrimination in Hiring

In re Executive Committee on Ethical Standards Re: Appearance of Rutgers Attorneys Before the Council on Affordable Housing, 116 N.J. 216, 562 A.2d 542 (1989) (PDF); SALT Authors: Charles Weisselberg & Bernard Kenneth Freamon; Issue: Clinic Representation Before State Agency

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, 438 U.S. 265 (1978) (PDF); SALT Authors: Robert Sedler, Howard Lesnick & Arval Morris; Issue: Affrmative Action