{"id":129770,"date":"2024-11-25T04:01:46","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129770"},"modified":"2024-11-25T04:01:46","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:01:46","slug":"a-pregnant-law-school-student-asked-to-move-her-exams-away-from-near-her-due-date-and-was-denied-until-her-friends-stepped-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129770","title":{"rendered":"A pregnant law school student asked to move her exams away from near her due date and was denied until her friends stepped in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Brittany Lovely is expecting her first child in early December. Her final exams at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, are scheduled around the same time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">So she was surprised when she asked the school if she could take the exams at another time and was denied.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI really wasn\u2019t trying to get anything crazy to happen,\u201d Lovely said. \u201cI asked if I could take the exam early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The law center\u2019s fall exam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/58\/2024\/09\/2024-2025-Academic-Calendar-09-12-2024.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:schedule;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">schedule<\/a> runs from December 6-13, with a window of December 16-18 listed as possible deferral exam dates. The deferral dates are used in various instances, such as if a student falls ill, a death in the family or if a student gives birth to a child during or immediately before the exam period, the university\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/academics\/academic-resources\/registrar\/general-exam-information\/exam-conflicts-and-exam-deferrals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:states;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">states<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lovely said her pregnancy due date is December 2, and her in-person exam is scheduled for December 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Firstborn babies are less likely to arrive on time. They\u2019re either early or late, studies have found, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/07\/17\/health\/overdue-babies\/index.html?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">previously reported<\/a>. Lovely, who is having her first child, falls into that category, meaning it\u2019s possible her baby could come after the designated deferral dates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lovely is Black, and noted the striking Black maternal mortality rates in DC. While Black people constitute roughly half of all births in DC, they account for 90% of all pregnancy-related deaths, according to data from the District of Columbia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ocme.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/ocme\/agency_content\/Maternal%20Mortality%20Review%20Committee%20Annual%20Report_Finalv2.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maternal Mortality Review Committee;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Maternal Mortality Review Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Facing an untenable situation, Lovely asked for help.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Trying to cut through red tape<\/h3>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In September, she spoke with a university Title IX official who was, \u201cfabulous and supportive,\u201d to her requests for help, Lovely said. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/laws-and-policy\/civil-rights-laws\/sex-discrimination\/Title-IX-and-Sex-Discrimination\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Title IX;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Title IX<\/a>, is the 1972 federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at schools receiving federal aid, according to the US Department of Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The Title IX official and Lovely came up with two options: to take the exam early when the finals period opened or take it at the same time as everyone else in the class but from home, which would likely be a few days after giving birth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Both options, which the Title IX official gave to the registrar and the Office of Academic Affairs, were denied, Lovely said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lovely asked the Title IX official if she could meet with the officials who denied the request. On October 15, Lovely said she met with school officials via Zoom to talk about the reasoning for the denials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In her meeting, officials cited the university\u2019s honor code and a school-wide policy prohibiting anyone from taking exams early, Lovely said. The school has not confirmed the meetings or what was discussed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cThe meeting was horrible,\u201d Lovely said. \u201cThey said that I had to come in person no matter what, to take this exam, and the only times that I could take it were between the 13th and the 18th, with the possibility with emergency circumstance to extend it to the morning of the 20th.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Officials also suggested Lovely could have someone sit outside the exam room with her newborn baby so she could take breaks while taking the test, to breastfeed, she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">In early November, Lovely said she tried again to get her accommodations met, this time by drafting a legal memo outlining Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act and citing what she had been through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lovely sent the memo to the law school dean on November 10. She said the dean responded, saying he did not handle pregnancy adjustments, and pointed her back to the Title IX official. The school did not comment on the response.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Finally, a breakthrough<\/h3>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">After the frustration of trying to make progress with a lone voice, Lovely\u2019s friends pressed the issue, bringing in thousands of voices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">A few of Lovely\u2019s friends put together a petition to support her request for accommodation on her final exams. Lovely said the petition has now reached more than 7,000 students, faculty, alumni and community members across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cI was really trying to solve this in a very nonadversarial way. It feels so fresh,\u201d Lovely said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">On Friday, the school decided to open an extra deferral date in January, aligned with the deferral timelines of previous years, Lovely said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">The resolution was reached, \u201conly after all of the public outcry,\u201d Lovely said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">When reached by CNN, a university spokesperson would not confirm Lovely\u2019s account of the challenges she encountered, nor whether she will be allowed to take exams in January, or the timing of a decision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cGeorgetown is committed to providing a caring, supportive environment for pregnant and parenting students. We have reached a mutually agreeable solution with the student who raised concerns,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cGeorgetown offers academic and practical resources to assist in the completion of a student\u2019s degree while they are pregnant or parenting including pregnancy related adjustments from the Office of Title IX Compliance, and disability accommodations from our Academic Resource Center. Georgetown does not publicly comment on the specifics of individual student matters,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">Lovely hopes the school will implement policy changes going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">\u201cWhat I really would like to see is the school, and I guess law schools generally, to like to see their role in supporting their students and really show up,\u201d she said. \u201cI would expect a policy change at this point from the school, just to make sure that nobody else ever has to go through something like this again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0\">For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CNN.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/pregnant-law-school-student-asked-194837309.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brittany Lovely is expecting her first child in early December. 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