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University of Idaho Loses Major Free Speech and Religious Freedom Case

JonathanTurley

Here are the facts from the opinion: On April 1, 2022, the law school at the University of Idaho held a “moment of community” in response to an anti-LGBTQ+ slur that had been left anonymously on a whiteboard in one of its classrooms in Boise, Idaho. Plaintiff Seamon is a professor at the law school and the CLS faculty advisor.

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9 Things you need to know before choosing a law school

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In this Simply Law article, our partner’s Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school. The prospect of going to law school is not only one that requires a lot of hard work and money but also some thorough research. Do you really need a law degree? Business Law.

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Do or DEI? Federal Judge Finds DEI Policies are Mandatory and Unconstitutional in California Case

JonathanTurley

Law schools are also facing controversial mandates. In 2022, the American Bar Association required law schools to “provide education to law students on bias, cross-cultural competency, and racism: (1) at the start of the program of legal education, and (2) at least once again before graduation.”

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Minnesota Law School Drops Exclusion of Whites and Males from Diversity Scholarship

JonathanTurley

There is a curious resolution of a civil right complaint against University of Minnesota Law School over a diversity fellowship sponsored by the law firm of Jones Day. Despite being created by a law firm and administered by a law school, the fellowship violated federal law in excluding white and male applicants.

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University of Illinois (Chicago) Law Professor Sues Over Exam Controversy

JonathanTurley

The law school dean, along with other defendants, invoked UIC’s Violence Prevention Plan to convene a Behavioral Threat Assessment Team (“BTAT”) to assess this purported “threat” of imminent physical violence. Only upon satisfactory completion of this program would Plaintiff be allowed to return to class in Fall, 2022.

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen’s originalist distortions

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Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham University and adjunct professor of law at Fordham Law School. June, 2022). Share This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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Emory Law Professor Denounces the Late Antonin Scalia as “Basically a Klansman”

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Hutchinson recounted on Twitter how he taught a difficult lesson at Emory Law School on how “Justice Scalia was basically a Klansman.” At Emory Law, Hutchinson serves as the faculty director of the Emory University Center for Civil Rights and Social Justice. ”

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