Law professor who claimed ‘Blak’ activists were leading University of Melbourne to ‘destruction’ sues for discrimination

Exclusive: Dr Eric Descheemaeker files court application against university after 2023 email to Melbourne law school dean leaked last month

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A University of Melbourne law professor who wrote an email saying the institution was dictated to by Blak' activists" who were leading it to destruction" is suing Australia's top-ranked university for discrimination.

Last month, a 2023 email written by Dr Eric Descheemaeker to the then head of the Melbourne Law School (MLS) was leaked and posted around the university's Parkville campus. In the email, in response to the announcement of a cultural safety review at the university, Descheemaeker said MLS was celebrating the noble savage'" and likened it to an ideological re-education camp".