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University of the Arts students file lawsuit just hours before their school is set to close

The suit — the first filed by students since the nearly 150-year-old institution’s abrupt announcement it would shut down Friday — was brought on behalf of 14 plaintiffs and seeks class-action status.

University of the Arts film student Danni Seidel holds a sign protesting the school's closure outside Hamilton Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday.
University of the Arts film student Danni Seidel holds a sign protesting the school's closure outside Hamilton Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday.Read moreJose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer