that "at the center of the conflict" was a forgivable loan/deferred compensation program under which Dean Sager had been awarded a $500,000 payment from the University of Texas Law School Foundation without the knowledge of school administrators. (The program had been created by the foundation in 2003 while Powers was Dean of the Law School, but reportedly subject to different processes. According to a subsequent report, the program in general was "a highly effective and sensible recruiting and retention tool" for top faculty. Practical Jokes Sager was the subject of several well-publicized practical jokes during his time as dean, including a 2009 April Fool's Day prank in which the Student Bar Association at the University of Texas sent out an email purporting to be from Sager in which "Sager" claimed he was retiring from the law school to raise emus in the Texas hill country. The Student Bar Association also opened up an Etsy shop under Sager's name. References External links Lawrence Sager Appointed as Dean of UT Austin School of Law Press Release University of Texas School of Law Profile Deans of law schools in the United States Columbia Law School alumni New York University faculty University of Texas at Austin faculty Living people 1941 births Pomona College alumni