After Outcry, Georgetown Law School Says Student Due To Give Birth Soon Can Defer Final Exam

Washington Post, After Outcry, Law School Says Student Due to Give Birth Soon Can Delay Final:

When Brittany Lovely started classes at Georgetown Law School last year, she knew it would be tough. Then came a pregnancy.

“When I found out, I was like ‘Oh my God.’ By the time he’s here, I would still have a year and a half in law school,” Lovely said about her future son. Her partner, also a Georgetown Law student, would have another semester of classes. “We were worried,” she said. “How do we do this?”

But she resolved to make it work. She has a supportive community of classmates and a law school that wooed her with the promise of a holistic education. That was until Lovely said school officials denied her request to take her criminal law exam — scheduled days after her Dec. 2 due date — early or at home.

The news quickly spread through the nation’s biggest law school, drawing outrage. After a petition urging the school to acquiesce circulated for more than a day and gathered thousands of signatures and hours after an inquiry from The Washington Post, law school officials said early Friday evening that they had “reached a mutually agreeable solution” with the second-year student.

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