Facing Racism Accusations, Delaware Law School Professor Sues Dean for Defamation: A Widener University law professor facing accusations of racism and sexism filed a defamation lawsuit against the school’s dean Friday, claiming he has been deemed a threat to the school and targeted for dismissal because of his teaching methods and his conservative political and legal views.Lawrence Connell, a White, tenured professor, also alleges that Dean Linda Ammons, who is Black, is upset that he has used her in attention-grabbing hypothetical crime scenarios he uses in his criminal law classes.
“She set out to destroy him because of his conservative beliefs,” Connell’s attorney, Thomas Neuberger, said after filing the lawsuit in Sussex County Superior Court.
