Overview

• America First Legal filed a 37-page civil rights complaint on July 17 with the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division alleging that Johns Hopkins School of Medicine uses DEI programs to carry out systemic race-based discrimination.
• The complaint also urges the Education and Health and Human Services offices for Civil Rights to open parallel investigations of the medical school’s admissions, hiring and scholarship practices.
• It demands that the university dismantle all diversity, equity and inclusion offices, committees and working groups and that President Ron Daniels provide a written pledge to comply with federal civil rights laws.
• The legal challenge accuses Johns Hopkins of using race-based outreach, pathway programs and socioeconomic proxies to pre-filter applicants and favor underrepresented demographic groups.
• Johns Hopkins has not responded to the allegations and no federal investigation has yet been announced.