Another lawsuit to hit TSU

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TSU has been in the news in the past because of many reasons but there hasn’t been a lawsuit against TSU in a few years. That record has been broken yet again.  On October 2, 2018 a law professor at Thurgood Marshall Law School filed a lawsuit against TSU alleging gender and racial bias, harassment and prejudice from fellow faculty and the former dean of TMSL. The law school was recently sanctioned by the ABA for gender discrepancies in pay but some might argue that this lawsuit is even more damaging for our school than the ABA’s sanctions. 
Most damaging to our students and those of whom are planning on applying to TMSL is the numbers for first time bar passage examinees. Only 28% passed in February 2018 on their first try.  The ABA must have at least a 75% bar passage rate otherwise this creates numerous difficulties with law schools for accreditation and funding purposes. 
What exactly is going on at our law school if more than 2/3 of our students CANNOT pass the state bar exam?  Perhaps the Lane administration should stop creating divisiveness among it's own faculty by gender and racial pay inequity as well as a much less hostile workplace environment as our students are being cheated and robbed of the opportunity to become productive members of society.  Instead of King Lane obsessing over his desired and completely undeserved mansion, why not try and resolve these serious issues through mediation rather than a lawsuit?
  You can read the full details of the lawsuit here -
https://ia801505.us.archive.org/19/items/gov.uscourts.txsd.1576383/gov.uscourts.txsd.1576383.1.0.pdf

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