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UCLA Agrees to $6.45 Million Settlement and 15-Year Injunction in Antisemitism Lawsuit

The deal awaiting federal judicial approval secures donations to Jewish organizations, imposes a 15-year exclusion ban, enshrines new civil-rights protections.

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FILE - Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
People walk around UCLA on Thursday, July 10, 2025 in Westwood, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Los Angeles, CA – April 25:UCLA Jewish students waving Israeli flags counter-protest fellow students in their Palestinian solidarity camp on their Westwood campus on Thursday, April 25, 2024. College protests around the country are seeking their schools divestment in Israel over the Israel-Hamas war. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

Overview

  • Under the consent judgment, UCLA will pay between $6.13 million and $6.45 million to three Jewish students and a medical professor for civil-rights damages.
  • A permanent 15-year court order will prohibit the university from knowingly facilitating any exclusion of Jewish students, faculty or staff from campus programs and areas.
  • The settlement allocates $50,000 to each plaintiff, about $2.3 million to eight Jewish organizations and $230,000 to UCLA’s Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, with the balance covering legal fees.
  • The U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest and the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights investigated the campus to enforce Title VI protections.
  • Civil-rights advocates describe the agreement as the largest private settlement in a campus antisemitism case and a model for bolstering protest-management policies.