ADF: Will EMU get away with expelling student who wouldn’t violate her beliefs to get a degree?

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND MEDIA ADVISORY
October 3, 2011 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT ADF MEDIA RELATIONS: (480) 444-0020 or www.adfmedia.org/home/contact

Will EMU get away with expelling student who wouldn’t violate her beliefs to get a degree?

ADF attorney available to media after oral argument at 6th Circuit Tuesday
in case involving Michigan graduate student

WHO: ADF Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco, ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman
WHAT: Available for media interviews following oral argument in Ward v. Wilbanks
WHEN: Tuesday, Oct. 4 immediately following hearing, which begins at approximately 11 a.m. EDT
WHERE: U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse, 101 E. 5th St., Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco and ADF Senior Counsel David Cortman will be available for media interviews following Tedesco’s oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Tuesday in a case involving Julea Ward, an Eastern Michigan University student wrongfully dismissed from the school’s graduate counseling program.

Full news release, quotes, and related media resources available at the following link:

http://www.adfmedia.org/News/PRDetail/141

Case Name: Ward v. Wilbanks

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