New College Independent Alumni/ae Association

Since November, professors at New College law school have been working without 

paychecks, but with the promise of pay. Now that the school has lost its 

accreditation, these professors have been asked to sign a document saying they 

will work for free but reserve rights against the school. According to our 

source, the faculty members pushing this falsely claim that this is what WASC 

wants for the teach-out of existing law students.  

While New College now threatens to replace anyone that will not sign this form, 

they have apparently not checked with outside counsel as to how the form will 

impact a creditor position in a bankruptcy, nor have they checked on how this 

would affect the faculty filing for unemployment benefits. They just say they 

have plenty of friends in the wings to teach if they will not sign.

What is funny is, the two faculty insisting on this signing of forms have 

alleged job guarantees from JFK law school in consideration for delivering 

the majority of New College students to JFK to open a possible 2nd law school 

in Berkeley which they claim all along is what they have had plans to do. So 

in reward for hanging in there with their distraught students since the 

financial scandal hit New College last July, the law school professors are now 

having to choose between their students and their right to get paid.  

To state the obvious, these guys need a lawyer.

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