A former law professor in charge of a Skadden-sponsored diversity program at City College of New York can move forward with her retaliation suit against the school.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York on Sept. 7 denied City College’s motion to dismiss Lynda Dodd’s suit on the grounds that she had supplied enough evidence to further argue her claims that administrators undermined her tenure bid after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.