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UNLV Con Law Professor Is Running, UNLV Students Are Rebelling

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Something very strange is happening at the UNLV Boyd School of Law. One of the school’s professors has randomly gone missing, and she left before she turned in the students’ grades. In response, UNLV Law Dean John Valery White just decided to give all of the students a “pass.” Literally.
The Nevada law blog, Wild Wild Law, picks up the story and its impact on one UNLV Law Student:

Sally Student is a “rising 2L” at Boyd School of Law, a state-run facility located in the state of Nevada. Sally studied for 10 hours a day, 7 days a week during her 1L year, and put up with a variety of pointless hypotheticals posed to her by various professors.
Sally had good grades and was hopeful that she would obtain a position on Boyd’s “law review” so that she could obtain her dream job – corporate document review monkey at a large insurance defense firm.

But after getting a mere pass, “Sally Student” feels more like “Sexually Assualted Sandra.”

Sally reasonably expected to receive an “A” in Con Law. Now that she will be graded on a pass/fail basis, however, her class ranking, journal status, scholarship and job prospects are all likely to be affected. Sally has come to you seeking advice as to her rights and the possibility of filing suit against Boyd for losing her law professor.

Section 90 folks, I’m counting on you to come up with something truly fantastic. Bonus points will be given for working in references to John Ensign and CSI. Have at it.
Click on the link below to see the full memo from Dean White about the situation.
The Case of the Missing Professor [Wild Wild Law]
Law Students Lost In Vegas [WSJ Law Blog]

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