Law
school
dean
changes
usually
occasion
a
LinkedIn
update,
but
the
change
in
command
at
LSU
was
a
little
more
complicated.
For
publicly
unspecified
reasons,
LSU
asked
then
law
school
dean
Alena
Allen
to
step
down
from
her
position.
After
an
alleged
attempt
at
being
forced
out
of
her
job,
Allen
responded
with
a
suit
alleging
a
laundry
list
of
things
done
wrong:
whistleblower
retaliation,
gender
and
racial
discrimination,
and
violations
of
school
policies.
This
wouldn’t
have
been
the
only
time
that
LSU
decided
to
go
against
policy
to
suddenly
switch
up
on
their
employees
—
their
treatment
toward
Ken
Levy
ended
up
in
a
back
and
forth
legal
battle
for
him
to
get
back
in
the
classroom.
However,
Allen’s
issues
with
the
school
seem
to
have
resolved
much
quicker.
Law.com
has
details
on
the
settlement:
Allen,
who
was
allegedly
forced
out
of
the
deanship
in
late
August,
reached
a
settlement
with
LSU
over
her
removal
from
the
role
last
week,
Allen’s
lawyer,
Allison
Jones,
of
counsel
with
Downer,
Jones,
Marino
&
Wilhite
in
Shreveport[.]
…
On
Sept.
12,
the
day
the
settlement
was
reached,
LSU
announced
that
Allen’s
last
day
as
dean
would
be
Sept.
19,
and
she
would
be
transitioning
to
a
full-time
faculty
role.Allen
told
Law.com
she
is
now
the
Dale
E.
Bennett
Professor
of
Law
at
LSU
Law
and
will
be
taking
a
research
leave
during
the
calendar
year
2026.
In
addition
to
whatever
money
was
negotiated
behind
closed
doors,
teaching
with
distinction
and
a
year
off
to
do
research
still
sounds
like
a
pretty
sweet
deal.
Best
of
luck
to
Allen
and
whatever
“new
direction”
LSU
plans
to
go
off
in.
Outgoing
LSU
Law
Dean
Reaches
Settlement
With
University
Following
Removal
From
Position
[Law.com]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.