On student claims that their tuition requires her to [acquiesce to their desires] : “…The natural and logical extension of your premise is that students on a full scholarship are not entitled to assert their needs and desires to the same extent as other students (or maybe even at all). So, as you can see, arguments premised on consumerism are not likely to influence me.”

On the student premise that “you are not paying for my opinion”: “You are not paying me to pretend I don’t have one.” 

On student criticism that Black Lives Matter is “racist and anti-law enforcement and has been known to incite violence”: “If I say ‘law students matter,’ it does not imply that my colleagues, friends and family do not …. When people are receiving messages from the culture in which they live that their lives are less important than other lives, it is a cruel distortion of reality to scold them for not being inclusive enough.” 

…Leary then goes on to offer a critique of the writing style of the memo, saying it was poorly written and undercut the argument of the letter writers.

Law professor responds to students who complained about her Black Lives Matter shirt

Awesome sauce!