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Tlaib’s alma mater among two new schools under federal Title VI probe

The federal government is investigating Liberty University and the Cooley Law School.

Miguel Cardona
Miguel Cardona, the U.S. education secretary, speaks at the 2024 Annual Meeting and Advocacy Day of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities on Feb. 5, 2024. Credit: U.S. Department of Education.

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it is investigating Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., and Cooley Law School in Lansing, Mich., for alleged discrimination based on “shared ancestry” under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The department does not typically disclose the nature of its investigations, but it stated that the complaint against Liberty—a Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell Sr.—relates to alleged “national origin discrimination involving religion.”

JNS sought comment from Liberty and Cooley, which was formerly associated with Western Michigan University and which holds the nation’s lowest bar pass rate for an American Bar Association-accredited school. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a member of the so-called “Squad” in Congress, holds a J.D. from Cooley.

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