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How so? Weiss might have publicly been on the side of the realignment, but that was just lip service--the law school had zero control over whether or not the move was made. Why would the head of the law center be in favor of realigning with the shitty main campus and suddenly having someone supervising him?

Wrong. Go back and investigate his hiring and you'll understand why he was in favor of the merger.

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Posted by Ex-Popcorn

Member since Nov 2005

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Posted on 7/3/15 at 10:21 am to Ex-Popcorn

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He brought up the diversity numbers and got LSU Law up to #74 in the country. Seems like he was doing a fine job

LSU is in the 90s, now. And, those rankings are only a product of a very specific formula that incorporates placement, funding, etc. They really are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. LSU will always be somewhere in the neighborhood of 70-100.

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Posted by Atom Knab

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Posted on 7/3/15 at 10:30 am to Ex-Popcorn

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Wrong. Go back and investigate his hiring and you'll understand why he was in favor of the merger.

Here is a TLDR version of the full story.

Guy wrote a couple articles about the lack of diversity at LSU Law. I'll link his website and you can make up your own opinions re the veracity of his claims.

The administration took some steps, but ultimately the situation resulted in a letter written by various faculty members. The author of the articles found out about the letter and issued a FOIA request for the document.

Summary article

Homosexual article

Racial article

FOIA request

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