For the second time in four years, a female African-American former professor at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has sued the institution for racial discrimination.

In a suit filed Dec. 8 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, plaintiff Patrice Fulcher claims she was continually denied promotions and pay raises by several of the school’s deans during her eight years teaching there. She alleges that women, and African-American women in particular, are routinely relegated to teaching legal skills courses instead of doctrinal courses despite being qualified and are paid less than similarly situated white male professors.

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