And That Foot Is Me:
A Shoe-Story Follow-Up
I had no idea that the Mr. Rogers’s shoe fiasco would turn into a three day story. I imagine that Stephen Griffin, Vice Dean of Tulane Law School, is a very nice man. He probably even helps his landlady take out her garbage.
But his handling of this issue has been nothing short of mystifying.
You might remember that when Vice Dean Griffin was begging for the shoe, he said:
Until close of business tomorrow (Wednesday) we are taking a “no questions asked” approach to this situation. Our primary goal is simply the return of the shoe. If you know anything about this incident, please report it to Dean Netherton or myself. You can also communicate with SBA President [redacted]. You can report anonymously if you wish. If the shoe is returned to Dean Netherton’s office by close of business tomorrow, the Museum will not turn over the matter to the NOPD. If it is not, the Museum will turn over the matter to the NOPD.
Well, today he sent around another email to Tulane Law students:
Because the item was returned, the museum will not file a criminal complaint with NOPD. At the request of the Law School administration, TUPD is investigating the incident under the University Code of Student Conduct.Vice Dean Griffin
Not surprisingly, Tulane students are a little pissed:
According to another Vice Dean, the thief will likely be kicked out of school. Seems a little unfair given the “no questions asked” terminology of the last email.
Honestly, what are you doing Dean Griffin? I get that you only “promised” not to turn the thief over to the police, but “no questions asked” doesn’t really comport with “you’re getting expelled.” Don’t try to pull clever legal jujitsu on a community full of soon-to-be lawyers.
And don’t try to pass the buck to the “law school administration.” You are part of the law school administration. If you spoke out of turn initially, you’ve got to own up to that and probably apologize.
Why would anybody trust you after this? Sure, you got the shoe back and maybe it’s good to expel a “bad-apple,” but you’re hurting the community that you are supposed to represent.
Earlier: Update: It Is a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!
Tulane Law School: Showing Mr. Rogers How They Roll In Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood




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The last three paragraphs turned an otherwise informative post into... something that sucks.
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snypah
FIRST off, I am mystified that you somehow had a career as a lawyer at some point.
This is awful. This guy comes off like a middle school vice principal.
guess i'm not first
DANGER, WATCH YOURSELF
bush league
That is really deceptive. No questions asked means the issue is important enough to ignore the identity of the perpetrator if the items is returned.
To then use that information to impose negative consequences on the party who was honest enough to reverse the consequences of their prank is simply outrageous.
What does the Dean think will happen the next time they offer a no questions asked policy? I would not trust this guy to represent me on a parking ticket for fear he'd strike a deal with the metermaid and plead me guilty to keep from having to pay the meter in front of the courthouse.
Yes, I find it highly unfair to expel a law student who stole an expensive collectible from a museum which had it on loan from a private collection.
Wait, no I don't.
And anyone who really thought that the "no questions asked" policy espoused by any academic institution was worth the e-paper it was written on is a complete nincompoop.
hey, stop bugging elie... he's trying his best. also.. the nature of this business means that he could only produce one draft before sending it out.
The dean's comment was a RHETORICAL FLOURISH. This must mean that it is no big deal, despite all the outrage and underhanded dealings.
This is vice dean of idiocy griffith. I just wanted to let you konw that i don't like you posting my electronic mails without my permission. Free speech, fee smeech.
Yours Toolfully,
[insert signature block here]
How is this relevant to anyone other than those at the Tulane Law School and perhaps the attorneys who will be hired to represent the student who will be expelled?
douchebag
douchebag
You knew the other shoe was going to drop.
Looks like Drunky McStickyfingers is going to get the boot.
YAWN. . . .
Not that this story warranted three posts, but if the thief wasn't the person who returned the shoe or reported the incident, then it wouldn't be inconsistent with the "no questions asked."
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To be fair, the expulsion might happen without the student being asked a single question. Interpretation motha fuckas.
Elie: "I get that you only "promised" not to turn the thief over to the police..."
Only promised? Have you heard of something called CONSIDERATION? This seems to have been a promise made with adequate consideration. The dean promised not to act (turn the thief over to police) in exchange for the perpetrator returning the item. Seems like there was mutuality there. Either way, the perpetrator relied thereon to his/her detriment in making the return.
Of course, you HLS douches are out there saying, "Wait a minute, a promise to return something that is not yours is not consideration." Your collective liberal-minded alarm is duly noted. However, a real law school graduate would submit that there's a reason for theft statutes, and the perpetrator was, in fact, under no affirmative obligation to make the return absent the involvement of third parties (i.e., law enforcement).
WTF?! Tulane Law--a 3d Tier school with 4th Tier Deans.
What is a good man?
A teacher of a bad man.
What is a bad man?
A good man's charge.
If the teacher is not respected,
And the student not cared for,
Confusion will arise, however clever one is.
Come to Tulane, where the students are thieves, and the administrators are liars!
21, excellent point. It did indeed simply say "no questions asked." Unfortunately for the dumbass Tulane student who stole the shoe, it did not say "no punishment will be doled out."
24 - what the hell was that supposed to be?
This isn't terribly difficult to summarize - Tulane students are retarded thugs. Tulane administration is comprised of retarded thugs with slightly more life experience under a cloak of authority.
In re: consideration
This is Louisiana, you common-law egomaniac. You don't need consideration here to enforce a promise.
Re: consideration
This is Louisiana, you common-law dunderhead. We don't need consideration around here to enforce a promise.
It happened on museum property with museum property, so it's double jeopardy, he should be okay.
Oh, excuse me. What is, we should be okay.
consideration:
This is Louisiana, you common-law doodyhead. We don't need consideration in these parts to enforce a promise.
Glad someone pointed out the common law/civil law distinction. Now, if we could focus on the egomaniac/dunderhead distinction.
Number 9, see Number 10.
It's called ex ante, Niner.
TTTulane is a fucking embarrassment. I hope someone shanks the dean in the hallway prison style since that is all Tulane is, a fucking disease ridden sewer similar to TTTexas.
Suck it.
When we were young and went to law school,
There were certain teachers who would hurt the students anyway they could...
Regarding consideration:
This is Louisiana, you common-law toolbox. We don't need consideration round here to enforce a promise.
i didn't tulane still had a law school. who cares.
22- you are an idoit.
Tulane students just got pwned...
Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey, Baba Booey.
In regards to the question about why this matters to non-tulane students: this site is visited by pre-law students making decisions about where to go to school. Information like this helps to inform your decision. I got totally turned off of chicago seeing the way that the administration interacted with their students during the no internet in the classrooms thing last year. Similarly, students this year will be less interested in tulane when they see that a) the student body acts like a frat and b) the administration acts like a middle school
37 - I like to do it. Does that make me an idoit too?
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God damn Tulane and Texas suck. Maybe its because they touch each other all the time.
It's JIU JITSU...
Elie's pissed because the dude who did it was probably black.
-Moonman
It's JIU JITSU two words
What a terrible move. I wish a hurricane would come and hit Tulane.
re: Louisiana
Consideration? We don't need no stinkin' consideration!
also - nice office reference 30. well done.
re: Louisiana
Consideration? We don't need no stinkin' consideration!
also - nice office reference 30. well done.
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27 - It's a passage from the Tao Te Ching, and its has obvious relevance to this post. Check it out some time, we need more taoist attorneys.
Truthful words are not beautiful.
Beautiful words are not truthful.
Good men do not argue.
Those who argue are not good.
Those who know are not learned.
The learned do not know.
- 24
Does anyone know the date to return ny barbri books by in order to receive the $250 deposit back?
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39:
wow. you are going to assume the whole student body at TLS "acts like a frat" based on the acts of one (or possibly a few) student(s). i'm not so sure we'd want you here anyway if that's the way you think.
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After stating a "no questions asked" policy, Dean Griffin shot himself (and TLS) in the foot.
If he and the "administration" let the student off the hook, such inexcusable behavior would most certainly persist, and history has proven that--recall aquarium parts uno and dos.
And how could TLS think it would be able to simply throw out the rule book just to avoid a potential lawsuit? Action against the student was a given... unless the school, as an institution of higher learning which touts legal professionalism (i.e. loyalty, morality, and "truthiness"), was willing to defend itself against attacks of hypocrisy.
This is the same administration that forced students to return to a destroyed city months after Katrina. Do we really need further evidence of their lack of concern for anyone but themselves?
As far as I can tell, this poor excuse for a human being isn't an attorney.
Too bad. If he were, I'd say about 10,000 formal complaints about his lying and shaming the legal profession might be in order.
Besides, they only promised not to ask questions until after Wednesday. Today is Thursday. What's the problem?
Besides, they only promised not to ask questions until after Wednesday. Today is Thursday. What's the problem?
22 - Douchebag of a comment. Is someone suing for breach of contract? Is someone even trying to enforce a contract as such? Pull your head out of your emmanuel-outlined ass. People are pissed about this because it was an asshole move - not because he broke a contract or did something illegal. No legal analysis required - believe it or not.
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28, 29, 31, 32, 36, 49, 50:
The more lawyerly way to make your point is to provide authority: See 60 Tulane L. Rev. 1209 (1986)
What does the "H" in "Jesus H. Christ" stand for?
What does the "H" in "Jesus H. Christ" stand for?
Making a third post about this story is a ridiculous waste of space. It was mildly amusing the first time around but that's it. Law students are constantly doing stupid sh-t like this at ALL law schools and administrations are constantly handling it badly.
Why weren't there three posts when Golden Gate law students on a summer abroad program in Paris got wasted and then exposed themselves to kids aged 6 through 12 at a French hostel? I don't remember that getting even one post, let alone three, and the scandal/humor value of that incident completely overshadows this stupid shoe.
The fact is, stories about stupid law student behavior are worth one post at ATL for humor value and that's all. Two if someone isn't allowed to sit for the bar...
I'm tired of this story. The shoe wasn't even stolen. It was just MOVED to another place in the museum. Vandalism? Yes. Theft? No. Worth three posts? F-k no.
But what if he (or she) had stolen PEANUTS and CHEESE?
76, Horatio
56: Tulane will take what they can get.
Could someone please answer 78? I think she poses a pretty good question!
76,
The H in Jesus H. Christ stands for Obama.
Oh Dean, how clever. We will not report you to the New Orleans Police Department (but we just might report you to the Tulane University Police Department). Next time, thieves, make sure all relevant aw enforcement agencies are covered by the promise.
To 21 et al, you are all a bunch of hypocrites, F Off.
I interpret "no questions asked" as "if you come into my office and tell me you stole Mr. Rogers' shoe, your ass is expelled. No questions asked." As it should be.
How about some layoff news instead of Mr. Rogers' shoe news?
What's up with all these "PEANUTS and CHEESE" comments? Seriously, not trying to be a dick, I just don't know what it is all about.
I was at Georgetown law (yeah, I know, cue up the GULC jokes) during the whole Katrina debacle. We took on some displaced students from Tulane and Loyola for a semester. They were all freaking idiots.
I'm going to venture a guess that the dean made his "no questions asked" policy without authorization from the law school admin. As a result, they're probably just following the code, even though I'd put money on an outcome that involves no punitive action.
TTTulane student = double secret probation
Indians
10, a prank is toilet papering the dean's house. This was theft of an irreplaceable object once belonging to a beloved cultural icon. There's a big difference.
87: Well the must have been idiots if they decided to spend the semester at GULC.
87: Well they must have been idiots if they decided to spend the semester at GULC.
91 - you're a fag
It's TTTulane.
Are they ranked below Hamline yet?
86: PEANUTS + CHEESE = Mmmmmmmm, yummy!
84 = shoe thief. Please tell me that it smelled like ponies.
Dear all,
IT IS JUST A F*@KING SHOE!!
Seriously, who cares?
But what is significant here is that Vice Dean Griffin of Tulane Law School is a lying scumbag. You cannot reconcile "no questions asked" with "TUPD is investigating the incident," and the harder you try, the more you will look like an unprincipled asshole.
Signed,
-A V10 attorney who thought much better of Tulane Law 10 minutes ago.
98 - you obviously care. And it's not just a shoe - it's Mr. Rogers' shoe. And someone who might be expected to enter into the very ethical, entrusted position of attorney someday stole that shoe. You can't let someone like that hang around, regardless of the method used to reel the dumbass in.
59 - Hear, effing hear. We all KNOW that the administration of Tulane Law couldn't possibly care less about their students. This is news? And like I said before, turning yourself in to these people is like throwing yourself into a shark tank.
don't worry at all, Tulane University Police Department is a joke...
What's more upsetting than the revocation of the "no questions asked" policy is that the idiots on SBA are relying on pure speculation and rumors to find the perp. These are serious allegations and this kind of gossip can destroy professional reputations.
Dean Snitch to TTT
On the one hand, we have a dean who says no questions will be asked is having the police investigate. On the other hand, we have a law student who is a thief. This is not a close call. The worse offender is the student . A person that devoid of ethics should not be admitted to the practice law. If they catch him now, it will save all the hassle of a disbarment proceeding after he starts stealing from clients.
On the one hand, we have a dean who says no questions will be asked is having the police investigate. On the other hand, we have a law student who is a thief. This is not a close call. The worse offender is the student . A person that devoid of ethics should not be admitted to the practice law. If they catch him now, it will save all the hassle of a disbarment proceeding after he starts stealing from clients.
20, I'm 104 and 105 and I hit "Post Comment" exactly once.
Vice Dean Griffin is an ass, as is most of the Tulane Law School administration, and as, I suppose, are most law school administrations.
People, seriously. Who's going to address the PEANUTS and CHEESE issue?
The vast majority of people posting on here are helping to ensure that the legal profession’s reputation remains tarnished for generations. The shoe thief certainly has not helped, as well, but enough has been said about him/her.
I’m a recent Tulane Law grad, and I had never read this blog prior to the shoe incident. A colleague sent me a link to the first posting. I’m certainly not a better person as a result of having read it, the two follow-ups, and (especially) the comments.
Here’s my point: In the grand scheme of things, it’s far more sad/pathetic that the majority of people posting on here are ignorantly trashing a fine institution, the entirety of its student body, its administration (many of whom admittedly are douchey, but they’re just trying to do their jobs), and New Orleans as a whole, one of this country’s cultural centers.
For instance, postings like number 48 sicken me: “What a terrible move. I wish a hurricane would come and hit Tulane.” You’re not funny – you need to take a long look at yourself and ask what it was that made you so douchey and angry. Maybe your parents didn’t love you, but don’t subject the rest of humanity to whatever is wrong with you. Break the cycle, dude.
I assume most of you are law students. After you graduate and enter the profession, you’ll find that law schools don’t matter nearly as much as they did before and during law school (this TTT thing is asinine); we’re all members of the bar (with the obvious exception, of course, of those who failed, etc.). This is a profession; it’s not a job. Since lawyers have a monopoly on the practice of law, they owe it to the general society to act in a dignified manner. Many of you should start now, while you’re in law school, before it’s too late.
For instance, both the Louisiana State Bar Association and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana have adopted a code of professionalism, which provides:
“I will conduct my self with dignity, civility, courtesy and a sense of fair play…I will not engage in personal attacks on other counsel or the court. I will support my profession's efforts to enforce its disciplinary rules and will not make unfounded allegations of unethical conduct about other counsel.”
Similarly, the version enacted by the New Orleans Bar Association provides:
“Lawyers should treat each other, the opposing party, the court and the members of the court staff with courtesy and civility and conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times...A lawyer should not engage in discourtesies or offensive conduct with opposing counsel, whether at hearings, depositions or at any other time when involved in the representation of clients. In all contacts with the court and court personnel, counsel should treat the court and its staff with courtesy and respect and without regard to whether counsel agrees or disagrees with rulings of the court in any specific case. Further, counsel should not denigrate the court or opposing counsel in private conversations with their own client. We should all remember that the disrespect we bring upon our fellow members of the Bar and the judiciary reflects on us and our profession as well.”
Further, the American Inn of Court also includes a similar spin:
“I will treat the practice of law as a learned profession and will uphold the standards of the profession with dignity, civility and courtesy…My word is my bond.”
Etc.
Think about the meaning of the foregoing language. Yes, it seems like a smattering of platitudes, but it’s really not, as many people ignore it on a regular basis.
I fully anticipate that some d*ickwad is going to call me a fag for making this posting, but hopefully someone will take it to heart and chill the f*ck out. Since I’m going to ignore this site, hate mail may be directed to aldusmanutius82@gmail.com. I look forward to reading exactly why I’m wrong.
109, you had me until you started quoting ethics rules. Regardless, I'm glad you posted that comment exactly once.
Whatever.
The shoe scandal is the best story that ATL has covered in months. At least it is somewhat interesting.
LOL. A lesson to law school kiddies about how the profession really works. What you thought lawyers were really always honest with each other?
And the piece of shit who stole the shoe deserves to be expelled. Glad to see the Dean is doing the right thing here.
Come on, this is the same school administration that talked about loyalty when trying to get students back after the hurricane. Then one semester later, half of them left for anywhere that would take them.
At this point, I really blame the students for not knowing better. The admin. only cares about one thing, themselves, and if the students haven't caught on yet, well good luck with practicing law.
Come on, this is the same school administration that talked about loyalty when trying to get students back after the hurricane. Then one semester later, half of them left for anywhere that would take them.
At this point, I really blame the students for not knowing better. The admin. only cares about one thing, themselves, and if the students haven't caught on yet, well good luck with practicing law.
Come on, this is the same school administration that talked about loyalty when trying to get students back after the hurricane. Then one semester later, half of them left for anywhere that would take them.
At this point, I really blame the students for not knowing better. The admin. only cares about one thing, themselves, and if the students haven't caught on yet, well good luck with practicing law.
I guess the students at Tulane got the dean that they deserved.
RE: Consideration
The thief provided no consideration because he or she was already under a legal obligation to return the shoe. If what the dean did violated any law, it probably wasn't common law contract.
Snitches get stitches.
Yeah it sucks that the entire investigation is being conducted on rumors...seriously 99% of the people at this party were black out drunk, what are they going to contribute to the investigation? Also there is no proof the shoe ever left the building or that any of this nonsense was caused by a law student...half of the people at this barristers were dates that had no other connection to Tulane Law aside from showing up to this party...they should just be happy they got the shoe back and let it go because they are only making it worse. It is a witch hunt and some poor sap's legal career is going to be in jeopardy so the school can save face.
As the VD promised, he is asking no questions. That has been left to the TUPD.
I hope they find, prosecute and expel the person. I also hope it doesn't happen just before this jerk is supposed to graduate.
Don't steal and you won't be "tricked" by the "no questions asked policy". Anyone who steals a shoe from a museum doesn't deserve to graduate from law school or practice law.
The shoe never left the property. There's insufficient asportation to constitute theft. Also, theft, last I checked, requires the taking with intent to deprive the owner. How do we have this here. Finally, with all the non-Tulaners it appears go to these parties, how do we know a student is the culprit?
The investigation is a joke. No proof. Just rumors. SBA should get back to drinking.....its what they do best
I just want to be sure I'm on the same page as everyone here. . .
We are talking about one shoe here, right? All this (law school dean lying, people calling for the ruin of someone's career, etc) is about one shoe?
just checking . . .
109, get a life
at least we didn't throw things at an ancient dinosaur and puke on the floors: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-fri_field_partyoct24,0,2306955.story
at least we didn't throw things at an ancient dinosaur and puke on the floors: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/content/education/chi-fri_field_partyoct24,0,2306955.story
76, Holy
So what's been done? An expulsion yet?
23 - Try First Tier Fuck-ass