{"id":7076099,"date":"2026-10-04T21:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7076099"},"modified":"2026-10-04T21:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:30:15","slug":"justice-department-finds-ucla-law-school-used-race-in-admissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7076099","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department Finds UCLA Law School Used Race In Admissions"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced on October 1, 2026<\/a> that the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law discriminated against white and Asian applicants for its 2023, 2024, and 2025 incoming classes. In an eight-page findings letter<\/a> (PDF File), Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that the school violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as interpreted by the Supreme Court’s 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard<\/em> decision. <\/p>\n

In a statement, UCLA Law School denied the allegations: “Students are admitted through a comprehensive, merit-based review process that considers each applicant’s achievements and experiences. We are confident in our process.”<\/p>\n

UCLA Law joins a growing list of graduate programs cited by the department, including UCLA’s medical school in May<\/a> and the UC Davis School of Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Why It Matters<\/h2>\n

The Justice Department reviewed seven years of applicant-level data from 2019 through 2025. For the 2025 class, Black applicants had roughly seven times the odds of admission compared with otherwise equivalent white applicants, and Hispanic applicants had roughly twice the odds, according to the findings letter<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The median LSAT score for admitted white applicants that year was 172, compared with 168 for admitted Black applicants, and DOJ says 168 was also the median for white and Asian applicants UCLA Law rejected.<\/p>\n

What The Letter Alleges<\/h2>\n