"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."
"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."
LSU requested that law school dean Alena Allen step down for publicly unspecified reasons. Allen filed a lawsuit alleging whistleblower retaliation, gender and racial discrimination, and violations of school policies. LSU previously faced a legal dispute over faculty treatment involving Ken Levy. Allen reached a settlement with LSU on Sept. 12; LSU announced her last day as dean would be Sept. 19 and that she would transition to a full-time faculty role. Allen will serve as the Dale E. Bennett Professor of Law and will take a research leave during calendar year 2026. Financial terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
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