Former justice minister appointed acting dean of scandal-plagued Plzeň Law Faculty

Former Czech Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil has been appointed the caretaker dean of the Law Faculty at the West Bohemian University in Plzeň. Mr Pospíšil, a former student at the university, replaces Jaroslav Zachariáš who quit last week. Mr Zachariáš offered no explanation for his resignation on Friday, which came amidst a high-profile plagiarism scandal at the university. The vice-dean Ivan Tomažič was accused of having plagiarized large sections of his postgraduate dissertation last week. He subsequently resigned. The incident is being investigated by Plzeň police who are considering bringing charges against Mr Tomažič for theft of other people’s intellectual property. Mr Pospíšil said he planned large-scale changes in the faculty’s management over the coming months.