Amid Backlash, Yale Law Dean Apologizes for School's Handling of 'Trap House' Email Controversy - Law.com
What You Need to Know
- Yale Law Dean Heather Gerken sent an email to the law school community last week apologizing for the school's response to complaints over an email sent by Yale Law 2L Trent Colbert.
- “There are things the Law School administration should have done differently, and for that I take full responsibility,” Gerken wrote in her Nov. 17 message.
- Gerken's apology came two days after a lawsuit naming her and other administrators was filed by two students alleging they were targeted for refusing to support a complaint against professor Amy Chua.
Two days after a lawsuit naming Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken and other administrators was filed by two students alleging they were targeted for refusing to support a complaint against professor Amy Chua, Gerken sent an email to the law school community addressing a separate controversy—what has been dubbed the “trap house” incident.
“There are things the Law School administration should have done differently, and for that I take full responsibility,” Gerken wrote in her Nov. 17 message, referring to the law school’s response to an email Yale Law 2L Trent Colbert sent in mid-September to fellow members of the Native American Law Students Association.
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source: https://www.law.com/2021/11/24/amid-backlash-yale-law-dean-apologizes-for-schools-handling-of-trap-house-email-controversy/
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