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Full-time Gould RTPC faculty release statement opposing inclusion in non-tenure faculty unionizing effort
April 22, 2026 // These reasons include the American Bar Association’s protections for clinical and non-tenured law faculty exceeding those available to full-time RTPC faculty. They said they would also lose participation in the merit review process for faculty. Additionally, they wrote that they want to preserve the ability to negotiate individually with law school administration. They also stated that a previous University-wide initiative to improve the conditions of RTPC faculty harmed full-time Gould faculty while faculty at other schools benefited. They wrote that the prior initiative to give RTPC faculty five-year contracts overrode a Gould policy that gave RTPC faculty rolling three-year contracts without an end-of-contract review. “We oppose being included in a collective bargaining unit with such disparate interests,”