GOVERNMENT

Harmeet Dhilion

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights

In 2025, Harmeet Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, continued bringing courtroom muscle to a period when many Jewish students reported feeling unsafe on campus. A veteran civil rights attorney and founder of the Dhillon Law Group, she pushed the argument that antisemitism on campus is not a debate, but outright and unacceptable discrimination in violation of federal law. Dhillon used litigation, public advocacy, and blunt commentary to press institutions to enforce Title VI protections rather than hide behind bureaucratic caution. At a moment when Jewish communities were demanding action over statements, she helped shift the tone from moral outrage to legal accountability — insisting that equal protection applies to Jews, too.