I've received permission from the lawyer (alluded to here) to share his information, which he also posted at Professor Coyne's blog. Here it is:
If anyone was rejected for a position in such a search or any other search requiring a mandatory diversity statement, please reach out to me. I am an attorney at the Pacific Legal Foundation, a public interest law firm that offers pro bono representation and am looking to challenge the University of California Policy.
Daniel Ortner
Pacific Legal Foundation
dortner@pacificlegal.org
UPDATE: PLF is a libertarian legal organization; they are on the wrong side of some issues, and the right side of others, as in this case. But here is the remarkably dishonest gloss of philosopher Chris Bertram (Bristol) on Twitter on the preceding:

I wonder whether Professor Bertram also supports the McCarthy-era loyalty oaths? And surely this political philosopher might agree that not just any means are acceptable for promoting worthy ends? Presumably the University of California could not forbid hiring white people, even though that would be a "diversity-promoting hiring practice."
There's a context to this pathetic display, that I’ll post below the fold for anyone who is interested.
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