“I’m a low-cost, high-volume producer in the public interest law space,” Bloom said in an interview. “No bricks, no mortar, no workers.”
“I pay myself $48,000 a year for this Miss Hegos,” he says, which means insanity in Yiddish.
There is limited public information about the sources of funding for lawsuits filed by students seeking fair admissions, and Blum only describes the group’s donors in general terms.
“Most of our funding comes from a dozen high net worth individuals and maybe a dozen conservative foundations,” he said. “We have received over 5,000 individual donations, from $5 to sometimes he’s $1,000. There are several foundations that have publicly announced their support for these cases. Most are not going to be disclosed.”
Bloom confirmed filings that his group received $1.5 million from the Donors Trust, $500,000 from the Thal Freedom Trust, and $250,000 from the Sarah Scaife Foundation. All are supporters of conservative or liberal causes.
UNC’s own legal costs exceeded $24 million as of July. This is in response to a request for public records from the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, a non-profit organization seeking to broaden the diversity of ideas taught at universities.
“No state appropriated or used tuition fees,” UNC told the center.
When The New York Times asked for clarification, the university issued a cryptic statement. enterprise. ”
According to legal experts, college attorney fees are substantial and not surprising.
“Let’s be real, they’re really big numbers,” said Professor Baker. “But in an age when lawyers at top law firms are charging upwards of $1,000 an hour without blinking an eye, it doesn’t take long to reach that amount in a hot litigation.”