Lawsuit Against Northwestern Discrimination in Hiring Law Faculty Alleges Widespread Plagiarism

Three months ago, I highlighted a lawsuit that charges that Northwestern University’s law school has long unlawfully used race and sex preferences in hiring faculty. Jonathan Mitchell, counsel for the plaintiff organization Faculty, Alumni, & Students Opposed to Racial Preferences, has now filed an amended complaint that alleges that Northwestern’s most recent “affirmative-action hire,” Myriam Gilles, has repeatedly committed plagiarism.

{snip} It provocatively alleges that Northwestern “does not and will not care that Gilles has plagiarized to this extent”:

{snip} A white or Asian professor who plagiarized to this extent would never be hired by Northwestern University. But black professors who plagiarize not only get away with it but are awarded lateral appointments over non-black faculty candidates {snip}

The amended complaint also alleges that an article by Fordham law professor Norrinda Brown that Northwestern University Law Review published in its black-women-authors-only issue “contains numerous instances of plagiarism” {snip}

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