Tenured Professor Suspended For Using Redacted Slurs In Law School Exam Sues University of Illinois-Chicago

Following up on my previous posts (links below):  Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Lawsuit: Professor Suspended For Redacted Slurs in Law School Exam Sues University of Illinois Chicago:

• University forces professor into sensitivity course — that uses the exact same redacted slur in the training materials ...

Law professor Jason Kilborn forges ahead in the battle to vindicate academic freedom rights at University of Illinois Chicago, which punished him for a test question that included two redacted slurs.

Today, Kilborn filed a First Amendment lawsuit against UIC. He is represented by Wayne Giampietro, an attorney in the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education’s Faculty Legal Defense Fund network.

“The only thing that will hold UIC accountable for its unconstitutional actions is a lawsuit,” said Kilborn. “FIRE’s Faculty Legal Defense Fund gave me the strong medicine of real legal action, and UIC has given me no choice but to use it.”

• William A. Jacobson (Cornell), UIC Law Prof. Jason Kilborn Sues After University Tried To Force Him Into Humiliating Racial Reeducation Program
• Brian Leiter (Chicago), Prof. Jason Kilborn (UIC John Marshall Law) Files Suit Against Various UIC Officials ...

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Controversy At UIC Law School Over Use Of 'N And B (Profane Expressions For African Americans And Women)' On Fall Civ Pro Exam (Jan. 16, 2021)
• Is This Law Professor Really A Homicidal Threat? (Jan. 20, 2021)
• Jason Kilborn, UI-Chicago Law School Settle Controversy Over December 2020 Civ Pro Final Exam Question (Sept. 13, 2021)
• When Suspending A Law Professor Isn't Enough (Nov. 11, 2021)
• Koppelman: This Is A Witch-Hunt Against A Tenured Law Professor (Nov. 18, 2021)
• Koppelman On The Yale And UIC Law School Controversies (Nov. 29, 2021)
• Academic Freedom Alliance And Brian Leiter Weigh In On How The University Of Illinois-Chicago Has Handled Student Complaints Against A Tenured Law Professor (Dec. 7, 2021)
• University Of Illinois-Chicago Law School Reassigns Jason Kilborn's Spring Classes While He Undergoes Mandatory Diversity Training (Dec. 20, 2021)