Justice Dept Targets Duke Law Admissions | Greenville News

Greenville News Today | 2 Min | The Daily News Now! · Aug 7, 2026 · 1m

The Justice Department is cracking down on Duke Law School, accusing it of secretly using race-conscious tactics like personal essays and first-gen status to boost diversity — even though it claims to be race-neutral. After the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in 2023, Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon warned that favoring Black or Hispanic applicants over white or Asian peers with similar credentials is illegal discrimination. Data shows rejected white and Asian applicants had higher LSAT scores than accepted Black applicants — a damning pattern. This isn’t isolated: Yale, UCLA Med…