DOJ says UCLA law school illegally used race in their admissions

The Department of Justice has filed a complaint alleging that UCLA’s law school violates federal civil rights laws by discriminating against white and Asian applicants in its admissions decisions. The lawsuit marks the latest in a series of legal challenges from the Trump administration targeting selective university programs, including previous cases against UCLA’s medical school and law schools at other elite institutions. The DOJ argues that the school’s admissions policies disproportionately exclude students from these racial groups, raising concerns over fairness in higher education access. Critics of the move say it could reshape how colleges evaluate applicants under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday accused the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) of discriminating against white and Asian students in its admissions process.  The Trump administration has made similar allegations against the admissions processes at UCLA’s medical school and the law schools at Duke University and the University...