It was bound to happen..
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports
In a noon email to the law school community, Dean Ted Ruger said he would invoke a faculty review process, which must occur before any action, major or minor, could be taken.
The University of Pennsylvania’s law school dean Tuesday announced he would initiate a process that could lead to sanctions against long-time law professor Amy Wax for her racist comments.
In a noon email to the law school community, Dean Ted Ruger said he would invoke a faculty review, which must occur before any action, major or minor, could be taken. The process spelled out in Penn’s faculty handbook covers the issuing of minor sanctions such as a letter of reprimand, or convening a faculty hearing board to review charges for major sanctions such as suspension or termination of employment.
Ruger said he would serve as the complainant in the matter and that he would draw on criticism he has received over the years about Wax.
“Her conduct has generated multiple complaints from members of our community citing the impact of pervasive and recurring vitriol and promotion of white supremacy as cumulative and increasing,” Ruger said. “The complaints assert that it is impossible for students to take classes from her without a reasonable belief that they are being treated with discriminatory animus.”
Ruger said in some cases, Wax “has exploited her faculty access to confidential information about students in ostensible support of her inaccurate statements.”
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