- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Winter Olympics
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: LSU Law Professor writes article for NYT
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:11 pm to LoveThatMoney
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:11 pm to LoveThatMoney
My feelings about Jack Weiss as Chancellor are mixed. He was such a great guy to talk to, and an incredible jurist. Chancellors live and die by the rankings, though, and he wasn't getting it done. However, there is enough blame to go around. He inherited a culture that needed change, alumni donations are always low (from what I'm told), and from what I understand he was never given a fair shake by the Civil Law Gang anyways. Still, the buck stopped with him.
1
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:16 pm to SabiDojo
I liked him as a person, but he did frick all for the school. The fact that alumni donations are always low is little excuse to me. We need someone who can get in there and make people excited about the future of the law program. He felt like a stop gap.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:20 pm to LoveThatMoney
quote:
I liked him as a person, but he did frick all for the school. The fact that alumni donations are always low is little excuse to me.
Well, alumni donations factor into rankings, I believe. And they also just point to the culture at LSU Law. It doesn't surprise me that donations are low when you have a school that doesn't really fight for the employment of all their students, only a select percentage.
quote:
We need someone who can get in there and make people excited about the future of the law program. He felt like a stop gap.
Well, with the shite I'm seeing on Facebook from other professors, and with Tyson's article, good luck with that.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:25 pm to LoveThatMoney
quote:
No he wasn't. He wasn't sitting on his arse collecting a paycheck
There's only so much you can do when most of your employees hate you. Hard to drive revenues, rankings and raise the profile of the law school when the faculty refused to give up its ridiculous idea of making everyone take 15-20 hours of Louisiana law classes, even if they planned on leaving the state. This happens all while the LSU System unilaterally drags the law school under its control to siphon off funds.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:33 pm to LoveThatMoney
But I didn't mind seeing him go. It's all about results, and he wasn't really getting them.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:36 pm to SabiDojo
quote:
It doesn't surprise me that donations are low when you have a school that doesn't really fight for the employment of all their students, only a select percentage
This.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:41 pm to logjamming
quote:
Hard to drive revenues, rankings and raise the profile of the law school when the faculty refused to give up its ridiculous idea of making everyone take 15-20 hours of Louisiana law classes, even if they planned on leaving the state.
Is it a bad idea? Maybe. But it's also why LSU consistently leads the state in bar passage percentage. There are loads of 1Ls with aspirations to graduate and go practice in New York, or Chicago, or DC, or Houston.......until their 2L summer when they realize they won't even get a look from those firms. Then they try to "wing" the civil law subjects on the La bar and fail.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:48 pm to UpToPar
quote:
There are loads of 1Ls with aspirations to graduate and go practice in New York, or Chicago, or DC, or Houston.......until their 2L summer when they realize they won't even get a look from those firms.
Yep
FTR, the D.C.L requirement is no more. But to get a leg up on the La bar subjects you'll fulfill the requirement for it.
That's why I say it's absurd to spend money on Tulane if you want to practice in La. Unless of course you get a huge scholarship
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:48 pm to SabiDojo
quote:
One of my best friends is someone who holds a completely different philosophical view than I do.
My best friend is a staunch atheist, and I am catholic. Never comes up. I respect hers, she respects mine.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:50 pm to lsu2006
quote:.
FTR, the D.C.L requirement is no more. But to get a leg up on the La bar subjects you'll fulfill the requirement for it.
When did this happen?
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:51 pm to UpToPar
Couple years ago.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:54 pm to lsu2006
You still had to take a certain number of civil law courses 2 years ago.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:56 pm to UpToPar
Obligations and property. I trust you don't count traditions as a class
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:57 pm to Who Me
quote:
Too many view the lives of people in north Baton Rouge as the cumulative result of poor choices, weak values and dependency. This is more than just lazy thinking. It’s an intolerable lie predicated on the erasure of all of our city’s and nation’s history.
Which is why they all cried foul when Jindal put in work requirements for food stamp recipients? This is a fricking joke.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 12:59 pm to UpToPar
quote:
When did this happen?
It just went into effect last school year, so this most recent graduating class had the option to opt out of the DCL requirement. Mainly for out of staters.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:00 pm to UpToPar
quote:
You still had to take a certain number of civil law courses 2 years ago.
That is correct. This year was the first year the rule went into effect. The 1L classes are still pre set though
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:03 pm to lsu2006
quote:
Obligations and property. I trust you don't count traditions as a class
This is a quote from the 2014-2015 LSU Law Catelog
quote:
All students must complete requirements for the Juris Doctor Graduate Diploma in Comparative Law (J.D./D.C.L.) degrees.
This requires 15 hours of civil law courses.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:04 pm to UpToPar
I was one year off. I'm so, so sorry.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:05 pm to BayouBandit24
Yea, just saw that it changed this year. I think LSUs bar passage percentage drops because of it in a few years. We'll see. I hope they break down the passage percentage by the degree tracks.
Posted on 7/13/16 at 1:38 pm to bwm14
He could have stayed in NBR if he really wanted to make a change? Yet he moved.
I see he left NBR, but throws stones at other people because NBR is now a gehtto.
Seems like he has money why doesn't he invest in run down apartments, fix them up, and try to attract the middle class to NBR?
I tried and if he can do it more power to him.
Instead he does nothing but blames everyone else for NBR's failures.
Is it everyone else's fault that NBR has a high HIV rate?
Most people who have HIV except hospital workers, babies who got it from their infected mother, or people who have blood transfusions got it from making bad decisions! I am sorry I cannot be there to help everyone make better sexual activity decisions. My jobs not to be super condom man.
Is it my fault you have generations of female teenagers becoming pregnant from making bad decisions while the father runs off?
Is it my fault a lot of these teenager mothers do not take responsibility for their kids.
South Downs is full of older homes, along with mid city, the garden district, even areas in the SE part of EBRP. Funny people still try to keep their homes up. You still have a few run down homes now the difference is people have pride in their home or even renters have pride in keeping up lawn maintenance on their homes.
Biggest problem with NBR is you have generations of people that do not care about their community. The people that do care left if they could afford it.
I see he left NBR, but throws stones at other people because NBR is now a gehtto.
Seems like he has money why doesn't he invest in run down apartments, fix them up, and try to attract the middle class to NBR?
I tried and if he can do it more power to him.
Instead he does nothing but blames everyone else for NBR's failures.
Is it everyone else's fault that NBR has a high HIV rate?
Most people who have HIV except hospital workers, babies who got it from their infected mother, or people who have blood transfusions got it from making bad decisions! I am sorry I cannot be there to help everyone make better sexual activity decisions. My jobs not to be super condom man.
Is it my fault you have generations of female teenagers becoming pregnant from making bad decisions while the father runs off?
Is it my fault a lot of these teenager mothers do not take responsibility for their kids.
South Downs is full of older homes, along with mid city, the garden district, even areas in the SE part of EBRP. Funny people still try to keep their homes up. You still have a few run down homes now the difference is people have pride in their home or even renters have pride in keeping up lawn maintenance on their homes.
Biggest problem with NBR is you have generations of people that do not care about their community. The people that do care left if they could afford it.
This post was edited on 7/13/16 at 1:40 pm
Page 9 of 10
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News