Columbia Law School allowed students who “experience trauma” due to the grand jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner to delay their finals. The Ivy League school has come under fire because of this decision for not preparing their students to deal with the stress they will encounter in the legal profession.
Megyn Kelly of Fox News discussed this topic on her show. Pete Hegseth from Concerned Veterans for America served three combat tours and attended both Harvard and Princeton. He has grave concerns about these students being “coddled.” Hegseth also mentioned that soldiers in combat don’t get days off for getting their feelings hurt.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr. Daniel Bober, felt that Columbia made the correct decision to allow student who felt overwhelmed to postpone taking finals. Megyn Kelly had some strong words for Dr. Bober and Columbia Law School.
“In America we have grit and we have responsibilities…I think they should get a little asterisk on their diploma and they should be required to tell anyone who wants to hire them that in cases of trauma, I might not be able to go into court and represent you as you are paying me to do.”
Would you hire a lawyer who had to postpone finals in law school because of trauma from the Michael Brown grand jury decision?