The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Duke University and the Duke Law Journal over alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it said in a July 28 statement.
“This investigation is based on recent reporting alleging that Duke University (Duke) discriminates on the bases of race, color, and/or national origin by using these factors to select law journal members,” the department said.
The Duke Law Journal is a student-edited publication of the university’s Duke Law School.
The probe is related to a competition held by the journal each May to select editors for the next academic year….