UPDATE ON THAT WIDENER LAW SCHOOL SCANDAL: Panel: Law School Did Not Prove That Prof’s Classroom Hypos Were Racist. That’s because, as far as I can tell, they weren’t. Violent hypotheticals, and hypotheticals involving law school deans, are hardly unusual in criminal law classes. I’m sure that Dean Linda Ammons now wishes she’d never opened this can of worms, which has been a long-running PR nightmare for the school, but that’s the problem with being thin-skinned — and, perhaps, politically motivated.