# Discrimination Law in an Overlawyered America **URL:** **By** Walter Olson, Aaron Ross Powell, Trevor Burrus **Published:** July 7, 2014 --- Walter Olson joins Aaron and Trevor to discuss the evolution of discrimination law in the American legal system. Walter Olson joins Aaron and Trevor for a discussion on the evolution of discrimination law in the American legal system. They talk about common carrier obligations, preferential treatment and employee discrimination suits, the disparate impact of anti-discrimination laws--especially in hiring decisions--and the role of law schools and academia in perpetuating this cycle. What happens when laws create more injustice than they fix? Is America "overlawyered"?