Duke Law's alleged race-based admissions accused of defying Supreme Court ruling: DOJ
Duke Law School allegedly gave Black applicants 3.5 times higher admission chances than Asian applicants with the same credentials, the DOJ says.
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The House committee debates the influence of DEI policies on medical school admissions and patient care standards.
Lawmakers question deans from major medical schools about allegations from the Justice Department that UCLA granted an illegal edge to Black and Hispanic applicants.
The Justice Department is accusing Duke University School of Law of favoring Black and Hispanic applicants over White and Asian applicants with the same academic records in its admissions process, which the Trump administration argues the law school used to meet its "diversity goals."
"Duke Law School doesn’t get a free pass to discriminate against white and Asian students simply because it thinks it has good intentions," Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said.
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