When I was a student at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law 20+ years ago, I had a baby in the middle of my 1L year; I buried him at the end of the 1L year (right in the middle of exams - I was allowed to take my remaining exams late). I had another baby near the end of my 2L year. The faculty, administration, and my fellow stude…
When I was a student at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law 20+ years ago, I had a baby in the middle of my 1L year; I buried him at the end of the 1L year (right in the middle of exams - I was allowed to take my remaining exams late). I had another baby near the end of my 2L year. The faculty, administration, and my fellow students were 100% pro-life insofar as how they treated me both as a pregnant woman and then as the mother of an infant, a fact and experience which surprised me given the political activity of many of them. The experience informs me to this day that people are so much more than the signs they carry or the causes they champion. I am sorry Ms. Lovely's experience was not like mine. I had to earn my degree, but it just made sense for Loyola to treat me the way they did. I am thankful for that - it made me a better lawyer in the long run and I was able to be a mother to my little children while also being a law student.
When I was a student at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law 20+ years ago, I had a baby in the middle of my 1L year; I buried him at the end of the 1L year (right in the middle of exams - I was allowed to take my remaining exams late). I had another baby near the end of my 2L year. The faculty, administration, and my fellow students were 100% pro-life insofar as how they treated me both as a pregnant woman and then as the mother of an infant, a fact and experience which surprised me given the political activity of many of them. The experience informs me to this day that people are so much more than the signs they carry or the causes they champion. I am sorry Ms. Lovely's experience was not like mine. I had to earn my degree, but it just made sense for Loyola to treat me the way they did. I am thankful for that - it made me a better lawyer in the long run and I was able to be a mother to my little children while also being a law student.