Penn State law school still requires students to take ‘antiracism’ class
- July 23, 2026
Micaiah Bilger, The College Fix
Neither public scrutiny nor a civil rights complaint have swayed Penn State Dickinson Law leaders from their goal of pushing “antiracist” beliefs on students.
Only real consequences will prompt change at an institution where Marxist beliefs are so deeply embedded. But the federal government has not yet said whether it will investigate the public institution.
This spring, reports by the Washington Free Beaconand a civil rights complaint from the watchdog group Protect the Public’s Trust drew public attention to the law school’s “antiracist” focus, including a required first-year class on the subject.
That class, “Race & Equal Protection of Law,” is still a requirement at both campuses for the coming year, according to the Dickinson Law fall 2026 course list.
As Protect the Public’s Trust Director Michael Chamberlain put it: “Lady Justice wears a blindfold to symbolize the commitment to impartiality and equal justice under the law. A law school, of all institutions, should understand and honor that aspiration. But to see such violations laid out in a strategic plan for a law school is disturbing, and Mr. Blackman’s account of how Dickinson Law executes that plan is outrageous.
“We urge the DOJ, the Department of Education and HHS to investigate Penn State,” the watchdog leader said.