madoka
Diamond Member
Holy crap, this is genius! Delay my test or you're a racist!
If only I could use this to get out of work.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/12/08...s-postpone-exams-due-to-grand-jury-decisions/
Columbia University Law School is allowing its students to reschedule their exams if they feel traumatized by the recent grand jury decisions in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.
The schools interim dean, Robert E. Scott, notified students of the option in an email circulated to the student body on Saturday on the eve of the December exam period.
The grand juries determinations to return non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases have shaken the faith of some in the integrity of the grand jury system and in the law more generally, Mr. Scotts letter said. For some law students, particularly, though not only, students of color, this chain of events is all the more profound as it threatens to undermine a sense that the law is a fundamental pillar of society designed to protect fairness, due process and equality.
As a result, students who feel that their performance on examinations will be sufficiently impaired due to the effects of these recent events may petition [head of registration services] Dean Alice Rigas to have an examination rescheduled, he wrote.
The school informed students of the policy amid protests in the city and other urban areas across America over the decisions by grand juries in New York City and Missouri not to indict white police officers involved in the deaths of two black men. The legal developments struck a nerve on the Ivy League campus located blocks away from Harlem. A number of Columbia students have joined the demonstrations. according to student newspaper reports.
Mr. Scott said the option to postpone a test was in accordance with the schools existing examination policies. The school typically allows students to reschedule an exam because of an illness, religious observance, a death in the family, or other exceptional circumstances.
If only I could use this to get out of work.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2014/12/08...s-postpone-exams-due-to-grand-jury-decisions/
Columbia University Law School is allowing its students to reschedule their exams if they feel traumatized by the recent grand jury decisions in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.
The schools interim dean, Robert E. Scott, notified students of the option in an email circulated to the student body on Saturday on the eve of the December exam period.
The grand juries determinations to return non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases have shaken the faith of some in the integrity of the grand jury system and in the law more generally, Mr. Scotts letter said. For some law students, particularly, though not only, students of color, this chain of events is all the more profound as it threatens to undermine a sense that the law is a fundamental pillar of society designed to protect fairness, due process and equality.
As a result, students who feel that their performance on examinations will be sufficiently impaired due to the effects of these recent events may petition [head of registration services] Dean Alice Rigas to have an examination rescheduled, he wrote.
The school informed students of the policy amid protests in the city and other urban areas across America over the decisions by grand juries in New York City and Missouri not to indict white police officers involved in the deaths of two black men. The legal developments struck a nerve on the Ivy League campus located blocks away from Harlem. A number of Columbia students have joined the demonstrations. according to student newspaper reports.
Mr. Scott said the option to postpone a test was in accordance with the schools existing examination policies. The school typically allows students to reschedule an exam because of an illness, religious observance, a death in the family, or other exceptional circumstances.
