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Pace University School of Law Faculty Votes to
Drop
Joint Degree Program with New York Medical College
Over Sexual Orientation Issue
WHITE
PLAINS, N.Y. – At a faculty meeting held on April 13, 2005, the
faculty of the Pace University School of Law adopted the following
resolution by a vote of 30 in favor and 2 against:
“The
Faculty resolves that the University immediately formally disaffiliate
the School of Law from the existing joint degree program with New York
Medical College because of our profound ethical and professional
disagreement with New York Medical College’s position with regard to
the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students at their
school.”
The joint degree program with New York Medical
College started in the fall of 2003.
Founded in 1976, Pace Law School is a New York Law School with a
suburban campus in White Plains, N.Y., 20 miles north of New York
City. Part of Pace University, the school offers the JD program for
full-time and part-time day and evening students. Its postgraduate
program includes the LLM and SJD degrees in Environmental Law and
an LLM in Comparative Legal Studies. Pace has one of the nation's
top-rated Environmental Law programs and its Clinical Education
program also is nationally ranked, offering clinics in domestic
violence prosecution, environmental law, securities arbitration,
criminal justice, and disability rights. www.law.pace.edu
Pace is a comprehensive, independent university with campuses in
New York City, Pleasantville and White Plains, N.Y., and a Hudson Valley
Center at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, N.Y. More than
14,000 students are enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, and
professional degree programs in the Dyson College of Arts and
Sciences, Lubin School of Business, School of Computer Science and
Information Systems, School of Education, Lienhard School of Nursing
and Pace Law School. www.pace.edu
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