Upon receiving an email from a student titled “An Appeal on Behalf of Black Bruins,” Klein said he believed the student was requesting preferential accomodations, adding that he thought it was “unlawful.” Given the changes to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, Klein said he only assigned a “simple and straightforward final exam” during the 2020 class.

He added that he received an email from Judson Caskey, professor of accounting at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Klein’s supervisor at the time, to follow “normal procedures” with assignment accommodations. Klein said he interpreted “normal procedures” as only addressing student-specific circumstances such as Center for Accessible Education accommodations.

(Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)