Just days after the University of Arkansas announced the appointment of Emily Suski as the next dean of the School of Law, administrators reversed their decision due to “feedback from key external stakeholders.”
According to a report from the Arkansas Advocate, the abrupt revocation of Suski’s offer follows complaints from several lawmakers regarding her legal position on transgender athletes. Suski, professor and associate dean at the University of South Carolina’s Joseph F. Rice School of Law, had been one of 17 law professors who signed a brief defending transgender students’ rights to play on the teams of their gender identity. The brief was filed before the U.S. Supreme Court.
“I am disappointed and hurt by the university’s decision to rescind my contract,” Suski said in an email to the Arkansas Advocate. “I have been informed that the decision was not in any way a reflection of my qualifications to serve as dean, but rather the result of influence from external individuals. Questions concerning that feedback are best directed to the University of Arkansas.”…