Following up on my previous posts (links below):  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Professor Affirmed:

The myriad travails of late at the University of Arkansas’ Bowen School of Law were justified after a university committee found Professor Rob Steinbuch was correct in having invited guests lead his classes during the Jewish high holidays.

Using guest lecturers was something Steinbuch had legitimately done without question for nearly 20 years.

After he again used a respected Arkansas federal judge last semester to cover his class during the two highest Jewish Holy Days, Bowen Dean Theresa M. Beiner wrote to say he could no longer use such temporary fill-ins, he said.

However, a three-person university committee found Beiner apparently acted against law school rules by restricting Steinbuch’s future absentee scheduling. …

Steinbuch said his conflict with the Beiner administration actually preceded these events, when last summer he reported that a named professorship at Bowen had been quietly and improperly labeled as the “William J. Clinton Professorship in Constitutional Law,” even though Clinton had previously withdrawn his name for the position. …

Steinbuch and others on the faculty refused to drop that issue, and eventually UALR’s chancellor and a state Senate hearing into the matter vindicated Steinbuch’s concerns over the Clinton professorship title. … And now he’s been twice proven right. …

(Hat Tip:  Glenn Reynolds (Tennessee))

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• Renaming Of Endowed Professorship For President Clinton Roils Arkansas Law School (June 28, 2021)
• Update On Controversy Over Renaming Endowed Professorship For President Clinton At Arkansas Law School (July 5, 2021)
• Arkansas Legislature To Hold Hearing On Renaming Of Law School Endowed Professorship For President Clinton (July 13, 2021)
• Arkansas Legislators Question Why Disbarred Clinton’s Name Added To Law School Chair (July 17, 2021)
• University Of Arkansas Chancellor Removes President Clinton’s Name From Endowed Professorship At Law School (Sept. 28, 2021)
• Association Of Jewish Lawyers And Jurists Backs Jewish Law Prof's Discrimination Claim Over Religious Accommodation In Teaching During Jewish Holy Days (Nov. 14, 2021)