Law Professor Suspended After Responding To Student Complaining About Exam Question

Last semester, University of Illinois-Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn included on his Civil Procedure II exam a question that included edited references to racial and gender slurs. The question was about a hypothetical case regarding gender and racial employment discrimination.

At one point, the question discussed allegations from a hypothetical employee regarding her treatment at a hypothetical company, saying this employee quit “after she attended a meeting in which other managers expressed their anger at Plaintiff, calling her a ‘n___’ and ‘b___’ [sic].” As The College Fix reported, the question caused a backlash from the Black Law Students Association, which claimed Kilborn’s exam question “shocked students and created a huge distraction from taking the exam.” The BLSA circulated a petition demanding Kilborn be removed as chair of the academic affairs committee “and from all other committee appointments he holds.” The petition was sent to dean Darby Dickerson and Chancellor Michael Amiridis.