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Amy Wax, a tenured law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is finally being punished for her repeated racist, homophobic, and bigoted statements
Wei Tsay Wei Tsay

Amy Wax, a tenured law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is finally being punished for her repeated racist, homophobic, and bigoted statements

After a years-long disciplinary procedure, Amy Wax, a tenured law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, is finally being punished for her racist, homophobic, and bigoted statements. Although Wax is not being fired, she is being publicly reprimanded, will be suspended for a year with half pay (starting fall 2025), will lose summer pay in perpetuity, will lose the honor of her named chair, and is required to note that she speaks for herself and not as a University or Penn Carey Law School faculty member during public appearances.

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