Are COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates at Universities Legal?
With most schools planning a full return to campus in fall 2021 and COVID-19 cases on the rise again in pockets of the country, hundreds of colleges and universities have mandated or are considering vaccination mandates for its students. Indiana University, for example, requires students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated unless they qualify for a medical or religious exemption. The school also added an ethical exemption shortly after a federal district court denied a request for a preliminary injunction filed by eight students who opposed the policy. Professor Dorit Reiss of UC Hastings Law discusses the constitutionality of university vaccine mandates and Indiana University’s policy and the related legal challenge.
