White Student's Discrimination Case Against Howard Law School Survives

Reuters, White Student's Discrimination Case Against Howard Law School Survives:

A white law student who was expelled from Howard University School of Law — a historically Black institution — may pursue his discrimination lawsuit against the school, albeit on narrow grounds, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

Judge Trevor McFadden of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the bulk of plaintiff Michael Newman’s claims against Howard Law and various administrators but allowed limited claims of defamation, breach of contract and race discrimination related to his scholarship to move forward.

Newman, who is representing himself, sued the law school in January 2023, alleging that he was subjected to racist abuse and wrongfully expelled from the school in 2022 after clashing repeatedly with classmates and administrators — often over his comments they deemed inflammatory or offensive.

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