Following up on my previous post, 13 Federal Judges Will Not Hire Law Clerks From Columbia: An ‘Incubator Of Bigotry’: ABA Journal, Federal Judge's Columbia Clerk Boycott Didn't Harm Public Confidence in Judiciary, Judicial Council Rules:
A judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade did not violate ethics rules by refusing to hire law clerks who attended Columbia University, according to the judicial council of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at Chicago.
In an April 8 decision decision, the council dismissed the complaint against Judge Stephen A. Vaden, one of 13 federal judges who participated in the boycott and explained why in a letter to the school. …
Vaden’s boycott and his signature on the letter do not harm the integrity of the judicial office, do not harm public confidence in the judiciary, and do not cast doubt on his impartiality, the judicial council said. “A judge may refuse to hire law clerks from a law school or university that has, in the judge’s view, failed to foster important aspects of higher education, like civility in discourse, respect for freedom of speech and viewpoint nondiscrimination,” the opinion said.
- Josh Blackman (South Texas), Seventh Circuit Judicial Council Dismisses Misconduct Complaint Against Judge Vaden
- Law360, Trade Court Judge Beats Ethics Charges Over Clerk Boycott
- Reuters, Trump-Appointed Judge Cleared of Wrongdoing Over Columbia Law Clerk Boycott
- ABA Journal, University is 'Incubator of Bigotry,' Say 13 Federal Judges Boycotting Its Grads
- Josh Blackman (South Texas), Federal Judges To Boycott Law Clerks From Columbia University Due To "Virulent Spread of Antisemitism"
- Bloomberg Law, Conservative Judges Won’t Hire Columbia Law Clerks Over Protests
- Paul Horwitz (Alabama), Is Boycotting a University the Best Means of Criticizing It? Is It Even a Good One?
- Orin Kerr (UC-Berkeley), Boycotting Law Schools in Clerk Hiring As a Way to Influence Law School Culture
- Orin Kerr (UC-Berkeley), Do Judges "Have an Important Role to Play in Our Society" Beyond Judging?
- David Lat, Campus Protests Lead To A New Clerkship Boycott
- Eugene Volokh (UCLA), Columbia, the Boycotting Judges, Neutrals, and Secondary Boycotts
- Wall Street Journal, Conservative Judges Plan to Blackball Columbia University Graduates
- National Law Journal, Judges Say They Won’t Hire Clerks From Columbia Over Pro-Palestine Campus Protests
- National Review, Thirteen Federal Judges Pledge Not to Hire from Columbia, Call It an ‘Incubator of Bigotry’
- New York Post, 13 Federal Judges Boycott Columbia Grads Over Anti-Israeli Protests: ‘An Incubator of Bigotry’
- Reuters, Conservative US Judges Boycott Columbia Grads Over Campus Gaza Protests
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- New York Times, 54 Columbia Law Faculty Condemn Administration For Disciplinary Action Against Anti-Israel Student Protesters (Apr. 23, 2024)
- Washington Post, Punish Columbia Professors, Not Students Protesters, For The Intellectual Degeneration On Campus (Apr. 28, 2024)
- Law.com, Columbia Law School Delays Exams Amid Protests and Police Activity (May 1, 2024)
- Bloomberg Law, Columbia Law School Offers Optional Pass/Fail Grading Amid Campus Protests (May 2, 2024)
- Washington Free Beacon, “Irrevocably Shaken”: Columbia Law Review Editors Demand Cancellation Of Exams Due To Campus Protests (May 4, 2024)
- Washington Free Beacon, 13 Federal Judges Will Not Hire Law Clerks From Columbia: An ‘Incubator Of Bigotry’ (May 7, 2024)
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