DOJ finds UC Davis medical school guilty of race-based discrimination

Published June 10, 2026 5:19pm ET | Updated June 10, 2026 5:57pm ET



The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it found the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine guilty of racially discriminating against its applicants. 

The determination concludes a six-month investigation by the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division into Davis Med’s admissions practices, which found the school guilty of violating a landmark 2023 Supreme Court decision that banned affirmative action in university admissions.

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