Law Prof Punished for Perceived Racial Insensitivity Considers Lawsuit Against School

Law Prof Punished for Perceived Racial Insensitivity Considers Lawsuit Against School
Prof. Jason Kilborn of the University of Illinois at Chicago law school. Courtesy of Jason Kilborn
Matthew Vadum
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A law professor in Chicago has been ordered to undergo mandatory reeducation as punishment for using an abbreviated version of a racial slur in a legal hypothetical about race-based employment discrimination on an exam.

The question posed on the civil procedure exam by Jason Kilborn, a professor at the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law, included the following sentence, which was deemed hurtful to students: