Black applicants to Duke Law have significantly higher chances of being admitted, the US government has said
Duke University School of Law has largely disregarded the US Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action and continued to discriminate against white and Asian applicants, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has alleged.
In 2023, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, sharply limiting the use of race in determining college admissions under constitutional equal-protection principles.
The DOJ said on Thursday that Duke Law had formally acknowledged the ruling while effectively preserving an admissions system that...
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