More On The Two Yale Law School Controversies

Update:  Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken Admits Error, Stops Short Of Apologizing To Targeted Students; Law Prof Calls For Conservative Yale 1Ls To Transfer (Nov. 18, 2021)

Following up on yesterday's Yale Law School posts on the Trap House Email Controversy and  the Student Law Suit For Retaliation In Amy Chua Case:

David Lat, Doe v. Gerken: A Lawsuit Against Yale Law:

And additional news: the decision on renewing Heather Gerken as dean has been postponed to early December.

Eugene Volokh (UCLA), The Allegations in the New Lawsuit Against Yale Law School:

I reviewed them again, and thought I'd post just the factual allegations (which start below at item 3). ... As I read them, I found myself comparing them to the tone of the alleged conduct by two of the same administrators (Cosgrove and Eldik) in their interaction with Yale law student Trent Colbert (from TrapHouseGate), so I thought I'd include them alongside; let me know whether you too see a common thread in the tone.

• Brian Leiter (Chicago), Two Yale Law Students Sue Yale and Various Deans ...
• Inside Higher Ed, Alleged Abuses of Power at Yale Law
• Law.com, Lawsuit: Yale Law School Students Allege Retaliation for Refusal to Malign Celebrity Professor
• New Haven Register, Yale Law Students Sue, Claiming They Were Blackballed For Not Lying About Amy Chua
• Reuters, Yale Law Students 'Blackballed' For Refusing to Lie About Professor, Lawsuit Says

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• New York Times, Gripped By ‘Dinner Party-gate,’ Yale Law School Confronts A Venomous Divide (June 8, 2021)
• New York Magazine, The Tiger Mom and the Hornet’s Nest (June 8, 2021)
• The New Yorker, What Is Going On At Yale Law School? (June 21, 2021)
• Yale Daily News, Two Students Sue Yale Law School For Retaliation In Amy Chua Case (Nov. 16, 2021)

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Ruth Marcus (Washington Post), At Yale Law School, a Party Invitation Ignites a Firestorm (Oct. 15, 2021)
• Kathleen Parker (Washington Post), Yale Law School Triggers Me (Oct. 16, 2021)
• David Lat, Yale Law Student Who Sent 'Trap House' Email Faces Removal As 2L Rep (Oct. 18, 2021)
• Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), Yale Law School’s Bullying, Coercive Diversity Leaders (Oct. 19, 2021)
• Yale Daily News, Racism, Conservatism And Free Speech At Yale Law School (Oct. 20, 2021)
• Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Lawyers, Law Students, Law School Administrators, And Language (Oct. 22, 2021)
• The Atlantic, A Worrisome Peek Inside Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucracy (Oct. 23, 2021)
• Washington Free Beacon, Backlash Against Media Coverage Of The Yale Law School 'Trap House' Email (Oct. 25, 2021)
• Trent Colbert (Yale 2L), Why I Didn’t Apologize For That Yale Law School Email: 'We Must End The Culture Of Performative Repentance' (Oct. 26, 2021)
• Peter Berkowitz (J.D. 1990, Yale; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution), An Open Letter To Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken (Nov. 1, 2021)
• David Lat, The Newest Insanity Out Of Yale Law School (Nov. 4, 2021)
• Simon Lazarus (J.D. 1967, Yale), Where Yale Law School Has Gone Off The Rails, And What Is Needed To Get Back On Track (Nov. 13, 2021)
• David Lat, Yale Law School And The Federalist Society: Caught In A Bad Romance? (Nov. 15, 2021)
• Washington Free Beacon, Yale's Akhil Amar Calls Law School Administration's Handling Of 'Trap House' Email Controversy 'Dishonest, Duplicitous, And Downright Deplorable' (Nov. 16, 2021)