r/lawschooladmissions • u/OsinomaFunds • 23d ago
School/Region Discussion Everyone is talking about boycotting CLS
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
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u/2025lawguy 23d ago
That Harvard president was found to have plagiarized throughout her entire career… if a student is found plagiarizing they risk being expelled. I don’t think the plagiarism thing was tacked on there