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Dissension at LSU Law Ends with Dean Stepping Down

 
The Chancellor and Dean of the LSU Law Center, Jack Weiss, unexpectedly announced on Friday his plans to step down from both of his roles at LSU in August. While Weiss plans to remain as a faculty member, he cites policy differences with various members of that same faculty that resulted in him being unable to continue in his position(s).
“I am proud of the many positive developments at the Law Center during my eight years as chancellor and look forward to submitting the progress of the Law Center during those years to the judgment of history,” Weiss said in a statement. “Unfortunately, however, major policy differences with a vocal segment of the faculty have made it difficult, if not impossible, for me to continue to lead the Law Center on a day-to-day basis and to implement my vision for the Law Center’s future.”
Stirring further controversy, however, Weiss wrote in an email that he had heard about a small number of faculty members that had gathered signatures on a document which expressed disapproval with him, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. The document was supposedly submitted to LSU’s provost in May and has never been read by Weiss himself.
“The entire process took place behind my back without a single faculty member ever seeking to discuss his or her dissatisfaction directly with me,” Weiss said to The Advocate.
According to a press release issued by an LSU spokesman, Weiss will return to the faculty at LSU. The press release praises Weiss’s “strong support for the reunification of the Law Center with LSU; his leadership in fostering the creation of an outstanding program in Energy Law at the Law Center; and his consistent advocacy of eliminating burdensome upperclass course requirements in order to maximize student choice and opportunities for law students to focus on specific areas of legal study.”
Source: Above The Law
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