The View From LL2

Apparently, being a law professor is no cake walk.  Two stories out today suggest that law professors have to deal with a lot of junk we don’t often hear about.

First, a former clinic director at George Mason Law is suing the school for sexual harassment.  Kyndra Rotunda, wife of constitutional law scholar Ron Rotunda, claims her clinic’s executive director harassed her during her time there, forcing her to eventually quit.  The Rotundas are now in California at Chapman Law; they announced they were “pleased to be leaving” Washington last year.

Second, a Georgetown law professor testifying before Congress today dug up some ugly stories of alleged discrimination from his time at UVa Law.  William Eskidge, Jr., who is gay, alleges that he was yelled at and potentially deferred for tenure at UVa because of his sexual orientation. 

“With clenched fists and a beet-red face, the chair of the committee threw a tantrum that included a string of accusations, such as ‘stabbing me in the back’ and behaving in the treacherous manner that he and his colleagues ought to have expected of a ‘faggot,’ ” says Eskridge in his testimony to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Who knew law school was tough for the professors as well?

-Michael