{"id":107589,"date":"2025-02-03T17:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/03\/dei-assistant-dean-position-goes-need-not-apply-at-university-of-minnesota-law-school\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T17:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T01:04:37","slug":"dei-assistant-dean-position-goes-need-not-apply-at-university-of-minnesota-law-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/02\/03\/dei-assistant-dean-position-goes-need-not-apply-at-university-of-minnesota-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"DEI Assistant Dean Position Goes \u2018Need Not Apply\u2019 At University Of Minnesota Law School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Texas and Florida aren\u2019t the only ones uprooting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from their schools. Trump recently threatened to withhold federal funding from and potentially sue the endowments from underneath schools that carry out DEI-focused policies. You might be thinking that Congress is usually the branch that has power of the purse, but little things like \u201cnorms\u201d and \u201cconstitutional allotments of authority\u201d don\u2019t really matter if no one stops Trump from doing what he wants. Threats like that are scary enough to make states act accordingly \u2014 even Blue ones. Minnesota, the North Star State, could be showing us what\u2019s to come for the rest of our publicly funded colleges. MN Daily<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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The search for a new assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Minnesota Law School is paused as the University reassesses its DEI programs, according to an email from Dean William McGeveran to Law School students, faculty and staff on Friday.
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\u201cThis is a disappointing development for many, and I know it brings questions and uncertainty for our community,\u201d McGeveran said in the email. \u201cMy commitment to supporting all<\/em> of our students, faculty, and staff remains unchanged, as does the Law School\u2019s mission of building a legal profession representative of the people it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Between Trump\u2019s rapid-fire executive orders and his sycophants hooting and hollering like a Family Guy bit <\/a>whenever boat crashes, car crashes, or the financial crash that these tariffs will usher in get blamed on DEI, it isn\u2019t likely that schools dependent on federal funding will broaden the scope of \u2014 or even maintain \u2014 their currently existing DEI programs. Just a reminder: this won\u2019t just hurt aspiring Black lawyers \u2014 White women<\/a> and veterans <\/a>are huge DEI benefactors too. Expect initial resistance and fiery rhetoric about the importance of maintaining the programs, but try not to lose sleep when the enthusiasm goes the way of Gibson Dunn<\/a> or Morrison Foerster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UMN Pauses DEI Expansion, Hiring For Law School Assistant Dean Position<\/a> [MN Daily]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0cwilliams@abovethelaw.com<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The post DEI Assistant Dean Position Goes \u2018Need Not Apply\u2019 At University Of Minnesota Law School<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Texas and Florida aren\u2019t the only ones uprooting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from their schools. Trump recently threatened to withhold federal funding from and potentially sue the endowments from underneath schools that carry out DEI-focused policies. You might be thinking that Congress is usually the branch that has power of the purse, but little things like \u201cnorms\u201d and \u201cconstitutional allotments of authority\u201d don\u2019t really matter if no one stops Trump from doing what he wants. Threats like that are scary enough to make states act accordingly \u2014 even Blue ones. Minnesota, the North Star State, could be showing us what\u2019s to come for the rest of our publicly funded colleges. MN Daily<\/a> has coverage:<\/p>\n

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The search for a new assistant dean of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Minnesota Law School is paused as the University reassesses its DEI programs, according to an email from Dean William McGeveran to Law School students, faculty and staff on Friday.
\u2026
\u201cThis is a disappointing development for many, and I know it brings questions and uncertainty for our community,\u201d McGeveran said in the email. \u201cMy commitment to supporting all<\/em> of our students, faculty, and staff remains unchanged, as does the Law School\u2019s mission of building a legal profession representative of the people it serves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Between Trump\u2019s rapid-fire executive orders and his sycophants hooting and hollering like a Family Guy bit <\/a>whenever boat crashes, car crashes, or the financial crash that these tariffs will usher in get blamed on DEI, it isn\u2019t likely that schools dependent on federal funding will broaden the scope of \u2014 or even maintain \u2014 their currently existing DEI programs. Just a reminder: this won\u2019t just hurt aspiring Black lawyers \u2014 White women<\/a> and veterans <\/a>are huge DEI benefactors too. Expect initial resistance and fiery rhetoric about the importance of maintaining the programs, but try not to lose sleep when the enthusiasm goes the way of Gibson Dunn<\/a> or Morrison Foerster<\/a>.<\/p>\n

UMN Pauses DEI Expansion, Hiring For Law School Assistant Dean Position<\/a> [MN Daily]<\/p>\n

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Chris Williams became a social media manager and assistant editor for Above the Law in June 2021. Prior to joining the staff, he moonlighted as a minor Memelord\u2122 in the Facebook group\u00a0Law School Memes for Edgy T14s<\/a>. \u00a0He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. He is a former boatbuilder who cannot swim,\u00a0a published author on critical race theory, philosophy, and humor<\/a>, and has a love for cycling that occasionally annoys his peers. You can reach him by email at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>\u00a0and by tweet at\u00a0@WritesForRent<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas and Florida aren\u2019t the only ones uprooting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from their schools. Trump recently threatened to withhold federal funding from and potentially sue the endowments from underneath schools that carry out DEI-focused policies. You might be thinking that Congress is usually the branch that has power of the purse, but little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Williams-150x150-llHs69.jpeg?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}