This is deeply unbecoming (and frankly expletive-provoking) behavior on the part of Georgetown Law's administration, and it's good that Ms. Lovely stood up for her rights and fair treatment. There's nothing about moving a final exam date in and of itself that disadvantages other students, so the administration's stubbornness on this poin…
This is deeply unbecoming (and frankly expletive-provoking) behavior on the part of Georgetown Law's administration, and it's good that Ms. Lovely stood up for her rights and fair treatment. There's nothing about moving a final exam date in and of itself that disadvantages other students, so the administration's stubbornness on this point makes it sound like they really just didn't want to deal with her—ironic, as lawyers of all people should understand the fairly broad scope of the ADA and Title IX's accommodation requirements. Not only that, but a Catholic school of all places should be bending over backwards to support students who've made the choice to become mothers, not tell them "they could have planned better."
Case in point: I was born 10 weeks premature while dad was still deployed to the Persian Gulf. My mom's undergrad professors (in Washington state in the 90s, no less) greatly reduced her classwork requirements, and at least one held me for an hour when she needed to take an exam and couldn't get a babysitter. Who truly offered cura personalis?
This is deeply unbecoming (and frankly expletive-provoking) behavior on the part of Georgetown Law's administration, and it's good that Ms. Lovely stood up for her rights and fair treatment. There's nothing about moving a final exam date in and of itself that disadvantages other students, so the administration's stubbornness on this point makes it sound like they really just didn't want to deal with her—ironic, as lawyers of all people should understand the fairly broad scope of the ADA and Title IX's accommodation requirements. Not only that, but a Catholic school of all places should be bending over backwards to support students who've made the choice to become mothers, not tell them "they could have planned better."
Case in point: I was born 10 weeks premature while dad was still deployed to the Persian Gulf. My mom's undergrad professors (in Washington state in the 90s, no less) greatly reduced her classwork requirements, and at least one held me for an hour when she needed to take an exam and couldn't get a babysitter. Who truly offered cura personalis?