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DOJ: Yale Med School Misused Race Proxies, Violates Court

5/15/2026

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Department alleges Yale School of Medicine used proxy methods to infer applicants’ race, violating anti-discrimination law after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon says Yale’s holistic review and indirectly determines ethnicity, a willful failure to comply with the ruling.
Department reports Black and Hispanic students comprise 10.3% and 12.3% of enrollments, below their 14% and 20%, and notes Yale has not responded to Insider’s request.

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Department alleges Yale School of Medicine used proxy methods to infer applicants’ race, violating anti-discrimination law after the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon says Yale’s holistic review and indirectly determines ethnicity, a willful failure to comply with the ruling.
Department reports Black and Hispanic students comprise 10.3% and 12.3% of enrollments, below their 14% and 20%, and notes Yale has not responded to Insider’s request.