New Case

From the LA Times: The Department of Justice said Tuesday that UCLA violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students who reported harassment and intimidation during a spring 2024 pro-Palestinian campus encampment, heightening the political tensions between the University of California and the Trump administration. In a letter addressed to UC President Michael V. Drake, DOJ officials said, “Jewish and Israeli students at UCLA were subjected to severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive harassment that created a hostile environment by members of the encampment.”

The letter faulted UCLA for not taking down the encampment until after it was attacked by a pro-Israel group. In addition, the department found UCLA was “inadequate” in its response to complaints from Jewish and Israeli students last spring, violating the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI. A DOJ statement that said UCLA acted with “deliberate indifference” toward Jewish students and Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi said the Trump administration will make UCLA pay a “heavy price.” ...

Full story at https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-29/ucla-settles-lawsuit-jewish-students.

News release from DOJ at:

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-finds-university-california-los-angeles-violation-federal-civil-rights.

The full letter from DOJ to UC President Drake is at:

https://ia600402.us.archive.org/9/items/2-final-hjaa-report.-the-soil-beneath-the-encampments/UCLA%20DOJ%20Letter%20to%20UCLA%20on%20Notice%20of%20Findings%207-29-2025.pdf.