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Duke Law Under Fire for Admissions Tactics | Charlotte News
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The Justice Department is accusing Duke Law School of secretly using race-conscious tactics—like diversity essays and first-gen status—to skirt the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action, revealing that Black and Hispanic applicants were admitted at far higher rates than white or Asian peers with similar test scores, even as rejected white and Asian applicants had higher average LSAT scores. Now, federal prosecutors are seeking a settlement with Duke—and investigating other elite schools like Yale and UCLA Med for similar violations.
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