BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU officials have begun meeting with experts from a law firm investigating the university's handling of reported sexual and domestic assault cases.
In a published letter to members of the LSU community, interim president Thomas C. Galligan Jr. and athletic director Scott Woodward said the hiring of the Husch Blackwell law firm is aimed at "healing and progress related to recent allegations" about the school's handling of such cases.
Galligan and Woodward said the findings are expected to be complete in February and released in a public report.
Husch Blackwell's areas of expertise include federal Title IX laws that are meant to protect people from discrimination based on gender at academic institutions.