Prof. v. Students, Parts I & II

First came word that UALR Law Professor Richard Peltz (left) has sued several black students for defamation, alleging "false allegations of racism."  Here's the story from Arkansas Online and the New York Times.

Now, via Adjunct Law Prof Blog, comes word that Dartmouth College writing Professor Priya Venkatesan (right) emailed her students threatening to sue them for race discrimination under Title VII:

I regret to inform you that I am pursuing a lawsuit in which I am accusing some of you (whom [sic] shall go unmentioned in this e-mail) of violating Title VII of [sic] anti-federal [sic] discrimination laws.  I am also writing a book detailing my experiences as your instructor, which will "name names," so to speak.  I have all of your evaluation [sic] and these will be reproduced in the book.  Have a nice day.

The New York Daily News reports that

[r]ealizing that she cannot actually sue her students for employment discrimination, Venkatesan now says she will merely name them in her list of grievances in a suit she plans against Dartmouth.

According to the Dartmouth Review, Professor Venkatesan has left Dartmouth and now is a research assistant at Northwestern.

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