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Law Prof Who Specializes In Poverty Makes $205,400 -- Teaching One Class Per Semester
2014-06-28
[THECOLLEGEFIX] A controversial, outspoken law professor who frequently bashes Republicans and specializes in poverty issues as a self-proclaimed champion of the poor earns $205,400 per year — for teaching one class per semester.

The University of North Carolina School of Law pays Professor Gene Nichol $205,400 annually for his one class per semester workload. On top of his teaching salary, he receives a $7,500 stipend as director of the law school's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity.
Nice work if you can get it...
The News & Observer maintains a public database of public employee and educator salaries, and lists Nichol's salary at $212,900. Nichol, in an email to The College Fix, confirmed the figure is accurate.

Nichol is slated to teach federal jurisdiction this fall and constitutional law in spring 2015. He told The College Fix there is nothing unusual about his compensation.

"I'm a full time faculty member — doing all the varied things faculty members do," he stated. "That's the basis for the salary you quote. Beyond that, I'm paid $7,500 to run the poverty center — the same as all the other law school center directors."
Might be true. His "varied things" may bring great value to the law school. Perhaps, given the opportunity the newspaper gave him, he could explain that and get his side of it out there, so that he doesn't look like a Hillary-type leech...
When asked about his compensation compared to other law professors, Nichol said: "Several make a good deal more than I do at Carolina, some make less."

The News & Observer lists the UNC Distinguished Professor of Law Thomas Lee Hazen's salary at $222,000. However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese...
 he is slated to teach four classes this fall, and two in the spring. UNC Distinguished Professor of Law Sarah Elizabeth Gibson earns $200,000 annually, and has a similar workload to Nichol at one class per semester.
Posted by:Fred

#6  And there you have the poster child for all that is wrong with higher education in the United States.

Advice to parents, buy a good computer and send your kids to University of Phoenix.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2014-06-28 12:00  

#5  Future Cabinet Secretary for Redistribution of Other People's Money in the Elizabeth Warren Regime
Posted by: Frank G   2014-06-28 09:40  

#4  Quick Google - average income NC returns

$45,570

Remember when the Left bitches about CEO salaries, it's not about any morality, it's about envy.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-06-28 08:54  

#3  These are midway up the left's pay arc, where you pay people to leave you alone. It's the whole concept government is based on. The more you pay them, the aloner you get.
Posted by: ed in texas   2014-06-28 07:44  

#2  Modern leftism is like a lottery: few win but many try.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2014-06-28 02:49  

#1  Good irony isn't cheap.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-06-28 02:29  

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