Overview
- The Trump administration launched Title VI investigations into Harvard University and its Law Review, citing allegations of race-based discrimination in journal membership and article selection processes.
- Federal agencies claim Harvard Law Review editors prioritized race over merit in decisions, referencing internal comments about fast-tracking minority authors and concerns over white contributors.
- Harvard has argued that the Law Review is a legally independent, student-run organization and maintains it complies with all applicable laws.
- This development follows the administration's freeze of $2.2 billion in federal funding to Harvard, which the university is challenging in a lawsuit with a hearing scheduled for July 21.
- The broader campaign against Harvard includes demands to dismantle DEI programs, address alleged antisemitism, and reconsider campus governance and policies.