A law school program funded by TV jurist Judge Judy Sheindlin is in violation of federal law according to a professor who frequently files legal complaints.
Sheindlin and her daughter created and funded a scholarship program for women attending New York Law School, their alma mater.
Mark Perry, professor emeritus of economics at the University of Michigan-Flint, filed a complaint with the federal Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and alleged that New York Law School’s Judge Judy Sheindlin Honors Program violates Title IX of federal law.
It would be illegal if it were a government program that discriminates on the basis of sex. But a private scholarship fund can discriminate because they are not constrained by Constitution or statute.