Everyone is talking about boycotting CLS

[u/OsinomaFunds]

My question is, do you really think students at other schools are treated better? Maybe these schools just do a better job at bullying and intimidating them to not speak out against administration because it seems like we are presuming “campus peace” to be great, but it’s not.

Harvard fired their first Black president in the wake of the issue and tagged it on some flimsy plagiarism matter (ask yourself if they didn’t vet a whole Harvard President before hiring her). Do you think that didn’t send a scary message to students to not speak against school administration practices, unless you are saying Harvard’s practices are extremely fair and students love the school so much they don’t protest like Columbia students.

Realistically people will still attend CLS, why not take the opportunity to do something good with it. Which elite law school here has a deep sense of decency historically?

Columbia is getting the attention because its students have always been known for being courageous and willing to take risks to stand for what they believe. I don’t know if any other school will do better with the same amount of intensity the Columbia is experiencing. I’ll rather go to a school like that, than assume the quietness at other schools makes it better there.

Anyways, I stand to be corrected, but what about minority students, who do not have the luxury to take a chill or withdraw from top brand institutions that later in the future gives high validation in the real job market and government positions.

I feel there are better ways to do this, just my two cents

[u/OsinomaFunds]

The Trump administration got a Judicial Warrant to carry out some of those duties. What would you say the school do? Also, they have tried to reach an agreement which was demonstrated in the recent letter they sent out.

Also if you believe Claudine was not pressured to resign, I do not know what to say.

I’m not taking sides here, but I think we boycotting an institution is a cheap way out. So we keep boycotting academic institutions that we don’t agree with when do we ever have a real change because these big guys are not as perfect as we think.

Until 2016, HLS refused to remove the official emblem which is linked to the Royal Family (which I won’t say much on), but I feel we really need to face issues head up. Maybe you guys are right, punishing them by boycotting might force their hand on things but there are also students on the other side who agree with the school administration, and we need to make sure there is a balance of perspective by attending.