Yale Law School Dean Harold Koh said in a statement Wednesday that he was disappointed by the appeals court decision. Yale has an obligation to "ameliorate the impact" of discriminatory hiring practices, he said.
"We intend to meet this obligation and will work alongside our students to identify the best ways of doing so, in accordance with the law," Koh said. "We continue to look forward to the day when all members of our community will have an equal opportunity to serve in our nation's armed forces."
Telephone messages were left Wednesday for Koh.
The job interview program starts Monday.
The military's policy had put college leaders in a thorny situation because campus rules forbid participation of recruiters representing agencies or private companies that have discriminatory policies.
Defense officials argued that a federal law, the Solomon Amendment, requires Yale to allow recruiters on campus even without signing the pledge. Government lawyers have said blocking military recruiters makes it harder to hire huge teams of lawyers needed for issues related to operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
--Associated Press
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