Education Law
Oct. 5, 2026
UCLA faces 2 Title VI battles under sharply different legal standards
Justice Department actions targeting UCLA Law admissions and the university's response to alleged antisemitism invoke the same civil rights law but require different showings of discrimination.
Two federal civil rights actions against UCLA are testing sharply different applications of Title VI, as the Justice Department targets both alleged race-conscious admissions and the university's response to antisemitic harassment on campus.
The Justice Department said this week that UCLA School of Law intentionally discriminated against white and Asian applicants in its 2023, 2024 and 2025 entering classes, accusing the school of using essays, personal statements and other adm...
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