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Chicago Bears Sued By White Law Student For Race And Sex Discrimination, Civil Rights

CHICAGO, Ill. – In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, the Chicago Bears have been accused of gender and race discrimination after disqualifying a white male law student for a Legal Diversity Fellowship program. On behalf of Jonathan Bresser, the lawyers at Trent Law Firm, P.C. have filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeking damages from the Chicago Bears and specific defendants for the team's "deliberate discriminatory and sexist hiring practices." First-year law student Bresser applied for a Chicago Bears "Legal Diversity Fellow" position,…