海瑟·霍灵斯沃斯 司法部于周四裁定，加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校法学院在招生过程中违规考虑了种族因素。
HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH The Justice Department found Thursday that the law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, illegally considered race in admissions.
在此之前，该大学医学院也曾受到类似的调查结果，与此同时，唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府正加大对高校学生选拔程序的审查力度。该政府还指控加州大学伯克利分校法学院以及加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校医学院非法歧视白人和亚裔申请者。
The announcement follows a similar finding against the university’s medical school and comes as President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students. The administration also has accused the UC Berkeley Law School and the medical school at the University of California, San Diego, of illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants.
加州大学洛杉矶分校法学院在一份声明中表示，该校致力于遵守所有适用法律作出招生决定。
The UCLA School of Law said in a statement that it was committed to making admissions decisions in compliance with all applicable laws.
声明称：“我们通过综合的、基于择优的评审流程招收学生，该流程会考量每位申请者的成就与经历。我们对我们的流程充满信心。”自2023年最高法院作出禁止平权行动的裁决以来，大学招生中的平权行动即属违法。该裁决同时指出，高校可以继续评估申请者的背景如何体现更广泛的特质，但特朗普指责高校利用申请者的个人陈述及其他替代方式在招生中考量种族——保守派认为这是非法的歧视行为。
“Students are admitted through a comprehensive, merit-based review process that considers each applicant’s achievements and experiences,” the statement said. “We are confident in our process.”Affirmative action in college admissions has been illegal since a 2023 Supreme Court ruling forbade it. The same ruling said colleges could continue to assess how applicants’ backgrounds might speak to broader characteristics, but Trump has accused colleges of using applicants’ personal statements and other proxies to consider race in admissions — which conservatives view as illegal discrimination.
司法部的调查发现，加州大学洛杉矶分校法学院在2023、2024和2025级新生的录取中，通过青睐黑人和西班牙裔申请者，对白人和亚裔美国学生构成了歧视。其分析显示，被录取的黑人申请者的平均法学院入学考试（LSAT）成绩低于被录取的白人申请者。
The Justice Department’s investigation found UCLA’s law school discriminated against white and Asian American students by favoring Black and Hispanic applicants in its 2023, 2024 and 2025 incoming classes. Its analysis found the mean LSAT score was lower for admitted Black applicants than for admitted white applicants.
该部门还表示，法学院的招生人员在招生宣传工作（包括一项名为“多元化招生开放日”的活动）中，曾指导申请者如何在文章中透露自己的种族。
The department also said admissions staff at the law school instructed applicants during recruitment efforts, including one called the “Diversity Admissions Open House,” how to reveal their race in essays.
“与许多同类院校一样，加州大学洛杉矶分校法学院实行两级录取制度，其学术录取门槛会根据申请者的肤色上下浮动，”该部门民权事务主管哈米特·迪隆（Harmeet Dhillon）在一份新闻稿中表示。
“Like many of its peer institutions, UCLA Law School runs a two-tiered admissions system whose academic bar for acceptance shifts up or down depending on the color of your skin,” said Harmeet Dhillon, head of the department’s Civil Rights Division, in a news release.
1997年，加利福尼亚州选民通过一项公投措施，终结了大学招生中的平权行动。在提交给最高法院案件的一份简报中，加州大学系统表示，这一变化导致代表性不足的少数族裔学生人数急剧下降，尤其是在该系统最具选择性的校区。简报称，加州大学随后实施了一系列与种族无关的措施，以增加学生群体的多样性。
California voters ended affirmative action in college admissions in a 1997 ballot measure. In a brief filed in the Supreme Court case , the UC system said the change led to a precipitous drop in underrepresented minorities, especially at the system’s most selective campuses. The brief said UC went on to implement a range of race-neutral measures to increase diversity.
特朗普政府还就加州大学洛杉矶分校主校区应对反犹骚扰指控的方式提起诉讼。政府最新的认定结果为达成自愿解决方案铺平了道路，以使加州大学洛杉矶分校符合司法部对相关法律的解释；若无法达成解决方案，则可能采取法律行动。
The Trump administration also has sued over the main UCLA campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. The administration’s latest finding sets the stage for a voluntary resolution to bring UCLA into compliance with the Justice Department’s legal interpretation or, if none can be reached, potential legal action.