Law Prof Presses Male Sex-Bias Allegations In New Suit After Federal Judge Tosses His Title IX Claim

Following up on my previous post, District Court Rejects White Male Law Prof's Gender Bias Suit Against University Of Denver:  ABA Journal, Law Prof Presses Male Sex-Bias Allegations in New Suit After Federal Judge Tosses His Title IX Claim:

A professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law has filed a new lawsuit against the school stemming from a former associate dean’s alleged comments in 2016 that she didn’t want to see white men teaching anymore in the trial advocacy program that he headed.

Law professor David Schott alleges in his Feb. 2 suit that he notified the law school dean of the alleged comments by Viva Moffat, the associate dean of academic affairs. In the years that followed, he was subjected to a “steady barrage of adverse actions and false statements,” the suit contends.

The adverse actions culminated with the law school’s failure to renew Schott’s seven-year contract, which should have taken effect in the 2020-2021 school year. As a result, the suit says, Schott was relegated “to the status of an at-will employee and [deprived] of the procedural protections to which he would be entitled as a member of DU’s long-term contract faculty.”

Schott alleges breach of contract, defamation, gross negligence, violations of Colorado wage law and sex-based wage discrimination under the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act.

Schott filed the suit in state court in Denver less than a month after a federal judge tossed his prior suit alleging that his teaching contract was not renewed because he is a man.

Law360, Law Prof Says Dean's Comments Led To Professional Damage

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• White Male Prof Sues Denver Law School For Gender Bias (June 18, 2021)
• District Court Rejects White Male Law Prof's Gender Bias Suit Against University Of Denver (Jan. 4, 2024)