Georgetown Law School is pushing back against a hiring threat from interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, who warned he would not consider applicants from institutions that continue to teach diversity, equity, and inclusion, The Hill reported.

Georgetown Law School Dean William Treanor is defending the institution’s curriculum after Washington, D.C.’s federal prosecutor said he would not hire students from law schools that maintain DEI-related programs.

Martin sent a letter to the law school last month, asking if it had removed all DEI connections, a focal point of the Trump administration’s higher education policies. He warned that any applicant “who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize DEI will be considered” ineligible for positions in his office, The Washington Post reported.

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