The blog AveWatch reports that the Ave Maria School of Law, founded by Tom Monaghan of Domino’s Pizza, has reached a settlement with two former professors who were suing the school for wrongful termination. Unfortunately, the blog posting raises as many questions as it answers:

According to legal counsel for the plaintiffs, a settlement was reached between Ave Maria and two of the former Ave Maria School of Law professors who are claiming wrongful termination – Edward Lyons and Philip Pucillo. As part of the settlement, Lyons and Pucillo will be granted tenure by the Law School, but will not be working for the institution. No other details are being made public at this time.

Granted tenure by the law school but not working there? I thought that’s what the word ‘tenure’ meant, that you would continue to work for the school. It will certainly be interesting to find out what the actual settlement says when it’s made public.

This does not affect the outcome of a separate wrongful termination suit filed by Rick Safranek. As the Messenger reported recently, Ave Maria School of Law has argued in that case that the law school is really a church and its professors are ministers, thus making them exempt from all employment laws.