A law professor at Chapman University in California who was known for gay rights advocacy died Friday in a fall from a six-story parking structure in Irvine. Mary Katherine Baird Darmer was 47. A spokesperson for the Orange County Coroner’s office said the death was a suicide, the Orange County Register reports. Darmer, who taught criminal procedure, was known for her opposition to discrimination based on gender and sexual orientation. In online comments, her students remembered her as a caring person who was both a mentor and excellent teacher. After receiving her her law degree from Columbia University, Darmer clerked…
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