Law grads say Texas A&M wouldn't recognize them as alumni after purchase of their school
Thirty-two law graduates from Texas Wesleyan University have filed a lawsuit that claims Texas A&M University failed to accept them as A&M alumni after purchasing their school in 2013.
The would-be class action says Texas Wesleyan is no longer easily located on lists of accredited schools because of the takeover by A&M, making it more difficult for the law grads to show their value to potential employers and clients, the Houston Chronicle and Courthouse News Service report.
The law students who graduated from Texas Wesleyan before the purchase want Texas A&M to reissue their diplomas and treat them the same as later grads. The purchase of the law school enabled Texas A&M to “backdate its accreditation” to 1994 and to capitalize on the accomplishments of the prior grads, who should now be recognized as A&M grads, the suit says.
Warren Norred, a Texas Wesleyan graduate, filed the suit on behalf of law students who graduated from Texas Wesleyan between 1994 and 2013. He explained the problem with the old name in an interview with the Houston Chronicle. “Now I have this asterisk,” Nored said. “I have to say my law school is still there. It is not a new law school, it’s an old law school renamed.”
Extra word removed from headline at 7:25 a.m.
