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Judges and Judiciary

May 9, 2024

Judges' boycott of Columbia students is 'guilt by association'

Law faculty from California schools say that the decision by a handful of federal judges unfairly punishes students.

Law school faculty in California argue that a recent announcement by a group of conservative federal judges that they will refuse to hire graduates of Columbia University because of protest activity there unfairly punishes students for the actions of others and further threatens the diversity of the judiciary.

The commitment was made in a May 6 letter addressed to Columbia President Minouche Shafik, authored by Judge James C. Ho of the Fifth Circuit, Judge Elizabeth L. Branch of ...

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