This is so infuriating its worth a second post. Talk about coddling little baby liberals. Anyone who postpones their test because they were traumatized should disclose that fact to future employers. This wont prepare them for tough judges, unscrupulous clients or merciless partners at the law firms they hope to work for. Columbia Law School has agreed to delay final exams for students who face trauma and disillusionment following two recent, racially-charged cases in which grand juries declined to indict white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men. And now, students at Harvard and Georgetown want the same dispensation, also saying they just cant face their tests in the wake of the grand jury decisions in Missouri and New York. For some law students, particularly, though not only, students of color, this chain of events is all the more profound as it threatens to undermine a sense that the law is a fundamental pillar of society to protect fairness, due process and equality, Robert E. Scott, Columbias interim dean, told the school in an email Saturday.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 18:33:30 +0000