Blog of the Legal Times:  Judge Dismisses Law Professor's Lawsuit Over Tenure Denial:

A Washington federal judge dismissed a breach of contract and
wrongful termination lawsuit yesterday filed by a former law professor
at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of
Law who was denied tenure.

Stephanie Brown sued the university last May, accusing law school
officials of violating the faculty handbook in how they handled her
tenure evaluation and also of denying her tenure and firing her because
of her race and gender. U.S. District Judge Richard Leon denied Brown's request for a preliminary injunction in August and yesterday
granted the law school's motion to dismiss. …

Brown had worked at UDC for 25 years, as an administrator and most
recently as an associate law professor in the university's law school.
In January 2009, she applied for tenure and promotion to a full
professorship.

The law school's faculty evaluation and retention committee voted in
favor of Brown's tenure application. Law school Dean Katherine Broderick
also voted in favor, although, as Leon noted in yesterday's opinion,
she expressed concerns about Brown's lack of scholarship. The
application was referred to Graeme Baxter, at the time interim provost
and vice president for academic affairs, for consideration in December
2009.

In June 2011, Baxter told Brown that her application was rejected and
that the 2011-2012 academic year would be her last with the university.
In October of that year, university President Allen Sessoms officially
approved the denial of tenure. Brown received formal notice that she was
being fired in May 2012, and she filed her lawsuit shortly after.

• ABA Journal, Fired Prof’s Suit Against Law School Is Dismissed