The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School announced that their Office of Equal Opportunity and Engagement is closing.

This decision has come after the Carey Law School decided to pause their Dr. Sadie T. M. Alexander scholarship program, which is named after the first Black woman to graduate from Penn’s law school. In an email sent to the Carey Law student body last week, Dean Sophia Lee wrote that the office will be closing, but that its work will be integrated into “broader, school-wide initiatives.”

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“Though the office is closing, Penn Carey Law’s commitment to ensuring access and opportunity for all remains unwavering,” Carey Law School said in a statement. “These values guide how we teach, lear

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