U. Wisconsin-Madison Law Student Protests Hiring of Professors From Conservative Law Firm
“intentionally puts students in harm’s way”
The objection being made here is the same old, stupid, claim that a conservative’s mere presence makes some students feel unsafe.
From the Daily Cardinal:
Instructors from conservative law firm will teach UW law course, drawing student criticism
University of Wisconsin-Madison law student Mary Berg was shocked and upset when she learned attorneys from conservative law firm the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), Skylar Croy and Daniel Lennington, would be teaching a Constitutional Amendments course next spring.
The course — “Selected Problems in Constitutional Law: Constitutional Litigation” — focuses on the Reconstruction Amendments: the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments of the United States Constitution. Students will draw expertise from landmark cases such as Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954), according to a draft syllabus obtained by The Daily Cardinal.
Berg says the hiring of Croy by the law school is “astounding” because Croy “intentionally puts students in harm’s way,” according to her statement sent to UW Law School deans obtained by the Cardinal.
Berg participated in the Wisconsin State Bar’s Diversity Clerkship Program, a summer employment program for law students. WILL sued the State Bar in December 2023, claiming the program was unconstitutional for discriminating against students on the basis of race and other “immutable characteristics” in their diversity definition.
Croy told WPR in a statement defeating “unconstitutional DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) programs” has become the WILL’s area of expertise. The firm specializes in culture war topics and is also suing the federal government over the McNair Scholarship for underrepresented students.
During the lawsuit, partially redacted documents including student’s personal statements, resumes and contact information — including Berg’s — were made available on WILL’s website.
“That kind of freaked me out more than anything. Given the atmosphere surrounding these conversations…I think it’s pretty easy for you and I to conceptualize the kind of harassment,” Berg said. “Some people want to enroll in this course and really use this as a test of their ideological strength. I am not one of those people.”
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These comments make it evident that this student is unqualified to be an attorney. The idea that a law student objects to being taught things that she may oppose or with which she disagrees make clear that she is wholly unsuited to practice law which, by its nature, is an adversarial undertaking.
Poor babies. They are too sensitive to be lawyers. They should be sent to day care, either to run it or to be sheltered by it.
> … day care, either to run it or to be sheltered by it.
NOOOOO! Don’t let this kind of lunatic anywhere the responsibility of care for the charges of a day-care center. She (taking liberties and risks using the pronoun) should also be under suspicion as a potential groomer of minors.
I hate it when women make c omplete fools of themselves. Mary Berg, who thinks she should be a lawyer, states that Skylar Croy, Esq., “intentionally puts students in harm’s way.” Apparently, he does so totally with words. Possibly by means of his very presence. Has Mary Berg ever heard of October 7? Does she not understand what harm is? Oh, the University of Wisconsin must be so proud!
Contrary to the belief on the left you do not have a right to safety or to not be offended.
She was “freaked out” that her contact and other information was allegedly made available during a lawsuit? She made her contact information available on LinkedIn.
Words are not violence. No one is harmed, traumatized or made unsafe by someone else’s words, opinion or viewpoint. Those who try to say otherwise are afraid someone else might hear what’s being said and agree.
Students are not forced to enroll in this instructor’s course. UW should offer to forward her academic transcript to whichever university she’s transferring. (And maybe pro-rate and refund any prepaid tuition.)
“Some people want to enroll in this course and really use this as a test of their ideological strength. I am not one of those people.”
Then transfer to another ideologically driven institution if you are so weak minded you can’t deal with a challenge to your thinking. Anyone who hires this DEI train wreck will be in serious legal jeopardy