Can’t you picture Judge Judy responding to this with her typically sarcastic eyeroll?
The College Fix reports:
Judge Judy law school program is illegal, professor allegesA law school program funded by TV jurist Judge Judy Sheindlin is in violation of federal law according to a professor who frequently files legal complaints.Sheindlin and her daughter created and funded a scholarship program for women attending New York Law School, their alma mater.Mark Perry, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and alleged that New York Law School’s Judge Judy Sheindlin Honors Program violates Title IX of federal law.The DOE acknowledged receipt of Perry’s complaint but declined to provide an update to The Fix. Professor Perry told The Fix on July 25 that he had not received any further updates. He told The Fix “it could easily take a few months or more, sometimes a year or more, before they open an investigation.”The College Fix did not hear back on multiple emails sent in the past two weeks to the law school’s media relations team and its Title IX coordinators, Nina Jody and Brian Kasbuza. The Fix inquired about the legality of the program.According to the NYLS’s website, the scholarship provides “a full-tuition scholarship, a book stipend, and a 1L summer employment fellowship” for “women with excellent credentials and demonstrated financial need.” Students will also receive mentoring.The female-only scholarship program will be given to three to four women per class, a total of ten recipients each school year.“In this case men are a significant underrepresented minority at NYLS and women are a significant overrepresented majority of the student body, and yet it’s the female students who are being targeted with special preferences and generous funding,” Perry told The Fix via email.The professor attributed this to “a prevalent narrative and mindset…where many people still think women need additional help, attention and resources that aren’t available on an equal or competitive basis with men.”
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