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All I get out of it is that they think they're above the need for
such training and are offended that it's mandatory, causing my
concern for their plight to plummet down to nothing. They also
lawyered up and used Daddy's legislative connections to bring on
some pressure, which causes me to hope passionately that not only
will they have to attend this training, but that they will also have
to attend a special "Sensitivity to Sensitivity Training" training
class that will last ten times as long and that will involve
dropping for 20 if they look like their attention is wandering.
Some discussion of their roles as protectors of the underprivileged
and a large dose of humility would not go amiss.<br>
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Suck it up, guys. While it may indeed be the worst thing that will
ever happen to you in your over-privileged lives, it won't actually
kill you.<br>
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From the article:<br>
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A joint accreditation team from the American Bar Association and
Association of American Law Schools visited the UI in October for a
review that occurs every seven years, he said. The team, including
attorneys, academics and law school deans, interacted both formally
and informally with law school students, faculty and staff.<br>
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"During their exit briefings with me and with university
administrators, the team referred to these interactions and stated
emphatically that the College of Law needed to focus additional
attention upon <b>*professionalism*</b> and diversity," Burnett
wrote.<br>
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Emphasis, mine. Well, I think they hit that nail on the head.<br>
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Paul<br>
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On 02/08/2012 07:04 PM, Donovan Arnold wrote:
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<div><span>The paper doesn't give a reason for their excuse not
to attend. Is their argument that they already know
everything about diversity, or do they just not think
understanding diversity relevant to lawmaking and <span
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businesses and individuals? </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 11:14 AM<br>
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Re: [Vision2020] Legislators protest UI law school's
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<div id="yiv1311204664">Looks like some Idaho legislators
want Idaho's future lawyers to be as ignorant and arrogant
as they are.<br>
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w.<br>
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<div class="yiv1311204664gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 8, 2012
at 9:01 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a
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<div>Courtesy of today's (February 8, 2012)
Moscow-Pullman Daily News.</div>
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The dean of the University of Idaho's College of
Law has responded to 20 state legislators who
are protesting the law school's decision to make
students attend an upcoming professionalism and
diversity workshop, telling the lawmakers the
training is the college's response to concerns
from its accrediting organizations.</div>
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The Republican lawmakers, including House
Speaker Lawerence Denney and House Education
Chairman Bob Nonini, said they were informed by
several law school students that the college is
requiring student attendance at the program next
week and that students who do not have an
excused absence will have a memorandum placed in
their student records stating they did not
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The workshop, titled "Dialogues on
Professionalism and Diversity," will be
facilitated by Blake Morant, dean of the Wake
Forest University School of Law in North
Carolina, and will be held at both the UI
Moscow and Boise law schools. Regular law
school classes will be rescheduled so students
have opportunities to attend, according to an
email sent to law students in January.</div>
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In a letter delivered to UI College of Law
Dean Don Burnett last Friday, the legislators
- none of whom represent Latah County -
acknowledged the importance of "the need to
work with those of different ethnicities,
backgrounds and beliefs." But they added that
the memorandum would give the impression that
students who did not attend the workshop were
in disagreement with the workshop's subject
matter or did not value professionalism and
diversity.</div>
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"As a publicly funded institution, using the
threat of a memo suggesting clearly that a
student is unprofessional, bigoted or both for
not attending an extracurricular activity not
part of the university's course catalog is
simply unacceptable," the letter states.</div>
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Legislators did not call for the workshop's
cancellation but asked Burnett to "discontinue
the threat of a letter to be placed in student
files for those who do not attend and to
simply encourage attendance through positive
means rather than by threats which serve to
mar the reputation of your future graduates."</div>
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Burnett penned a two-and-a-half-page response
Monday that provided legislators with
information about the workshop and the
rationale for requiring student attendance.</div>
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A joint accreditation team from the American
Bar Association and Association of American
Law Schools visited the UI in October for a
review that occurs every seven years, he said.
The team, including attorneys, academics and
law school deans, interacted both formally and
informally with law school students, faculty
and staff.</div>
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"During their exit briefings with me and with
university administrators, the team referred
to these interactions and stated emphatically
that the College of Law needed to focus
additional attention upon professionalism and
diversity," Burnett wrote.</div>
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He said Morant's workshop was scheduled in
response to those concerns and in accordance
with the college's diversity plan. He said the
75-minute workshop sessions are intended to be
"safe" conversations where participants are
encouraged to express candid views.</div>
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"Participants will be invited to raise
questions, including criticisms regarding
professionalism or diversity itself," Burnett
wrote. "These will not be 'talk at' sessions
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Regarding the consequences for students who do
not attend the workshop, Burnett said
unexcused students "will have a simple 'did
not attend' notation entered into their file."
Students who have irreconcilable scheduling
conflicts, such as family issues or inflexible
employment obligations, will be excused.</div>
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"Indeed, as of this past weekend, five
students have sought an excused absence," he
said. "Four have been approved; the other is
awaiting further information and appears
likely to be approved."</div>
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He said the UI Law Student Handbook states
that students may be required to attend
mandatory informational meetings and that
documentation on noncompliance may be included
in student records.</div>
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their records and to insert their own
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"I have also stated that a notation of
non-attendance at a mandatory event does not
affect a student's right to graduate, and in
my opinion would not, by itself, raise a bar
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Morant, in a message posted to a UI law
student mailing list on Tuesday, said the
professionalism and diversity workshop is not
affiliated with any political agenda and is
designed to "inspire constructive exchange on
issues related to your future success as
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<div>Seeya later, Moscow.</div>
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<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Post Falls, Idaho</div>
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<div>"If not us, who?</div>
<div>If not now, when?"</div>
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