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UCLA Agrees to $6.45 Million Settlement in Antisemitism Lawsuit

The pending consent decree commits UCLA to a $6.45 million payout along with a 15-year ban on knowingly excluding Jewish community members.

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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

  • Three Jewish students and a medical professor will each receive $50,000 as part of the $6.45 million settlement.
  • The agreement allocates roughly $2.3 million to eight Jewish-community organizations and $320,000 to UCLA’s Initiative to Combat Antisemitism, with the remainder covering legal fees.
  • Under the 15-year consent decree, UCLA is barred from knowingly facilitating the exclusion of Jewish students, faculty or staff from any campus programs, activities or spaces.
  • The lawsuit, filed in June 2024, arose after pro-Palestinian protesters on Royce Quad enforced a ‘Jew Exclusion Zone’ that blocked Jewish access to campus areas.
  • U.S. District Judge Mark C. Scarsi must grant final approval for the consent decree after issuing a preliminary injunction last July mandating equal access.