The U.S. Department of Justice accused Yale University’s medical school of illegally using race in admissions, alleging Black and Hispanic applicants were more likely to be admitted than white or Asian applicants with similar academic profiles. DOJ said its yearlong investigation found the school continued a race-based admissions approach despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 ban. DOJ’s civil rights leadership framed the action as part of a broader effort to enforce federal antidiscrimination law across higher education. A Yale spokesperson said the review process will continue and defended admissions as based on exceptional academic achievement and personal commitment. The complaint lands amid a wider DOJ pattern: the agency has launched or expanded investigations into other major medical schools, escalating pressure on admissions offices to document that race-neutral policies are not functioning as racial proxies.