The U.S. Department of Justice accused Yale School of Medicine of circumventing the Supreme Court’s ban on race-conscious admissions by using “racial proxies” in medical school selection. DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said its yearlong investigation found Black and Hispanic applicants had higher admission rates than White and Asian applicants with similar test scores. DOJ’s escalation adds to a growing set of federal probes into medical schools’ admissions practices. The Yale complaint follows similar DOJ allegations lodged last week against UCLA’s medical school and March probes into Stanford, Ohio State, and UC San Diego. DOJ said the admissions process effectively persisted despite the 2023 Supreme Court ruling and a DOJ memo warning colleges about antidiscrimination risk even when criteria appear “race-neutral.” Yale said it would review the department’s letter and defended the school’s admissions rigor, citing academic performance and student commitment. Universities and medical schools are now facing heightened scrutiny over admissions metrics and recruitment practices, with DOJ signaling willingness to pursue enforcement when it believes institutions are using demographic indicators in substance if not in label.