Following up on my previous post, Former Texas Southern Dean Sues Law School Over Loss Of Tenure:  Houston Chronicle, Texas Southern University Settles Lawsuit With Former Law School Dean:

Texas Southern University has granted four current and former deans tenure several years after they were hired believing they had the job protection.

The HBCU’s Board of Regents approved the measure last week, also settling a former law school dean’s lawsuit that raised the issue. Joan R.M. Bullock said she was stripped of a tenured professorship without cause when she was fired as dean in June 2022 – which university officials disputed, saying they never officially granted her tenure, despite it being in her employment offer letter. …

In a board meeting on Thursday, regents said they were granting tenure now to correct a “clerical error” made at the time of hiring.

Reuters, Ousted Texas Law Dean Gets Tenure in Settlement With School Over Bias Lawsuit:

A federal judge in Houston on Thursday dismissed Joan Bullock’s lawsuit following the settlement agreement. Bullock, who served as dean of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law from 2019 to 2022, claimed that she was ousted without cause from the deanship and stripped of tenured faculty position, even though male deans in the past were allowed to remain on the faculty after their deanships ended. …

Bullock’s attorney, Todd Slobin, confirmed she had received tenure and said she will be rejoining the law school faculty soon.

Law.com, Joan Bullock's Tenure Reinstated in Settlement With TSU Law:

Almost exactly one year after being fired as dean of Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law and being stripped of her tenure, Joan R.M. Bullock settled with the school to have her tenure reinstated. …

Todd Slobin, founding partner of Shellist Lazarz Slobin in Houston, who represents Bullock, told Law.com on Wednesday that he could not comment about the settlement, but he confirmed that Bullock’s tenure has been reinstated and that she will be returning to TSU as a law professor.

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• ABA Censures Texas Southern Law School Following Gender Discrimination Complaint By Associate Dean (July 22, 2017)
• Admissions Scandal At Texas Southern Law School Leads To President's Ouster (Feb. 10, 2020)
• ABA: Texas Southern Law School Remains Out Of Compliance With Accreditation Standards (Mar. 5, 2020)
• ABA Finds Texas Southern Law School Out Of Compliance With Admissions Accreditation Standard Amidst Fraud Investigation (May 22, 2020)
• Texas Southern Law School Gave $2 Million In Aid To Unqualified Students (June 3, 2020)
• In High Court Appeal, Ex-Student Alleges Texas Law School's Cheating Scandal Caused His Bad Grades, Dismissal (Nov. 26, 2020)
• ABA: Four Law Schools Are Back In Compliance With 75% Bar Passage Accreditation Requirement (Mar. 1, 2021)
• Texas Southern Law School Replaces Dean After Less Than Three Years Amidst Continued Bar Challenges, Fallout From Admissions Scandal (June 21, 2022)
• Former Texas Southern Dean Sues Law School Over Loss Of Tenure (Sept. 22, 2022)
• Court Filings Reveal Contradictory Accounts Of Dean's Exit At Texas Southern Law School (Nov. 5, 2022)