FOIA Number: DOJ-17-0344

DOJ Records Related to Affirmative Action Job Posting

January 12, 2018
Documents from DOJ in response to our FOIA request for records associated with the announcement seeking lawyer interested in working on investigations related to race-based university admissions.

Justice Department Staffing Up For Its Ill-Conceived Affirmative Action Investigation

January 12, 2018
The Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice sought government attorneys on loan for its investigation into higher education affirmative action programs, an email released through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request revealed. 

FOIA Request to DOJ Regarding Affirmative Action in Higher Education

August 30, 2017
August 30, 2017 - Copy of any communications seeking lawyers interested in working on the issue of race in college admissions.