DOJ Joins Lawsuit Claiming UCLA’s Medical School Uses Racial Discrimination in Admissions

The university previously said it collects race and ethnicity data on its applicants ‘for statistical purposes only and they are not used for admission.’

Royce Hall on the University of California–Los Angeles campus on June 22, 2025. Joyce Kuo/The Epoch Times

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining a lawsuit claiming that race is used as a factor in admissions at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, the agency said on Jan. 28.

The legal action was brought by several groups, including Students for Fair Admissions and a medical advocacy group called Do No Harm, alleging that the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA continues using race in its admission practices and policies, according to a statement.