But its acronym is a little awkward.
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George Mason University touted a plan last week to rename its law school after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was a guest lecturer there before his death in February and spoke at the dedication of the law school building in 1999.
The school first announced it would change the law school’s name to The Antonin Scalia School of Law on March 31 to honor the court’s revered and reviled conservative, who died on February 13 at the age of 79. The law school is located at 3301 Fairfax Dr.in Arlington.
The name change will reportedly go into effect July 1, pending a final stamp of approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
When the planned name change was announced last month, Scalia’s longtime friend and colleague, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, championed the idea.
The name, “Antonin Scalia School of Law”, or ASSoL, sparked controversy online as many social media users noticed it was similar to a vulgarity.
The latest donation is the largest in the school’s history, and was provided mostly by an anonymous donor who gave $20 million.
The range of that reaction was also on display in the public responses to Nina’s tweet.
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George Mason has chosen to rearrange the new name a bit, The Wall Street Journal reports.
