tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post5092423183375672186..comments2024-03-18T11:05:17.083-06:00Comments on Outside the Law School Scam: Tenure Under AttackUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-7203510996595819012013-05-07T10:31:11.990-06:002013-05-07T10:31:11.990-06:00Just to clarify, this is what the article said: T...Just to clarify, this is what the article said: The fired Buffalo professor was terminated at the end of the spring 2009 semester and the failed attempt to oust the Dean happened in October 2010. So he wasn't on the faculty when the attempted coup was quashed. The faculty was trying to get rid of a Dean who had been imposed on it by the Provost (now President) and who was getting the law school (and himself) into a lot of embarrassing legal trouble, with more to come. Why is the Dean protected by the President? Not in the article -- the law school has doubled its tuition since the Dean was appointed in 2008, even though the law school had a balanced budget at the time. Not good for the law students, but good for the President to have an extra seven million dollars a year to spread around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-771708616222052552013-05-04T16:47:41.935-06:002013-05-04T16:47:41.935-06:00"The article doesn't go on to explain why..."The article doesn't go on to explain why the professor didn't just take a six-figure salary with Big Law to mitigate his damages."<br /><br />LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-66334474618866002272013-05-01T06:21:47.571-06:002013-05-01T06:21:47.571-06:00LOL. Even "great learned thinkers" have...LOL. Even "great learned thinkers" have difficulty staying internally consistent - especially when the topic hits close to home. It's human nature.dupednontraditionalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170022654810216357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-55691101965692347872013-04-30T21:22:49.227-06:002013-04-30T21:22:49.227-06:00Off topic, but there's a new posting at Facult...Off topic, but there's a new posting at Faculty Lounge headed "Reconsidering the Conventional Wisdom on the Legal Job Market" which some may find interesting, and has attracted comments from Brian Tamanaha.Lois Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940132718084602679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-29054597430254924562013-04-30T21:02:05.918-06:002013-04-30T21:02:05.918-06:00And of course, because tenure is at issue, our bel...And of course, because tenure is at issue, our beloved hero Brian Leiter has swept in with his opinion:<br /><br />http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/04/academic-freedom-and-due-process-under-threat-at-brooklyn-law-school.html<br /><br />"But at least as alarming is the fact that the definition equates "demonstrated incompetence" not with a peer review finding of pedagogical and scholarly incompetence, but with wholly unreliable and disreputable criteria like students evaluations...."<br /><br />Wholly unreliable and disreputable. Remember that.<br /><br />And compare with:<br /><br />http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2012/11/paul-campos-says-happy-thanksgiving-to-female-law-students.html<br /><br />"I have to admit that knowing Campos, and knowing that he cares not a whit about his students (see his teaching evaluations)..."<br /><br />Or this:<br /><br />http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2011/08/update-on-scamprof.html<br /><br />"My teaching evaluations, by the way, are a matter of public record, will ScamProf Campos share his?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-66344490446587117502013-04-30T20:12:16.549-06:002013-04-30T20:12:16.549-06:00How very insightful.
What, you running low on pi...How very insightful. <br /><br />What, you running low on pictures of overflowed toilets and soiled diapers? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-45549345101170208492013-04-30T19:55:50.623-06:002013-04-30T19:55:50.623-06:00You can see that the "professor" pigs an...You can see that the "professor" pigs and cockroaches only care about maintaining the scam - and their bloated paychecks. Nandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423524039657355134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-7017532474918447912013-04-30T19:50:55.996-06:002013-04-30T19:50:55.996-06:00Thanks!Thanks!R A Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322841515992550220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-142077813013128202013-04-30T19:10:47.806-06:002013-04-30T19:10:47.806-06:00I'm waiting for the day when a private loan le...I'm waiting for the day when a private loan lender sues a law school. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-61066759620444831862013-04-30T18:51:01.777-06:002013-04-30T18:51:01.777-06:00You're missing "Professor" in the ti...You're missing "Professor" in the title of the first hyperlink. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-15208050703637499362013-04-30T18:22:43.339-06:002013-04-30T18:22:43.339-06:00I am all against tenured profs but it seems that t...I am all against tenured profs but it seems that the switch in tenure will be used against those that do not support the status quo.<br /><br />Law schools are not willing to give even an inch. Any progress will have to be made with force from ABA/fed gov. That being said, I am more likely to pay off my student loans as a coding monkey before any tangible reform happens. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3660083024919144793.post-63065423027430578362013-04-30T18:14:09.201-06:002013-04-30T18:14:09.201-06:00See, when maligned students bring a lawsuit agains...See, when maligned students bring a lawsuit against a law school, it's a bunch of loser morans. When a maligned law professor brings suit against a law school, well, it's all good, then.<br /><br />Yes, yes, yes, I know the diffence between trying to prove fraud and trying to prove breach of an employment contract, thanks, so let's nip that in the bud. I'm just sayin'...what is sauce for the goose is not sauce for the gander.<br />dupednontraditionalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04170022654810216357noreply@blogger.com