Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather at the gates of Columbia University campus in New York, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Judicial Council Upholds Dismissal of Complaint Against Judges Who Vowed Not to Hire Columbia Law Clerks

"The subject judges have chosen to boycott the hiring of future graduates of the university as a means to implement their hiring discretion," wrote Priscilla Richman, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. "While reasonable jurists may disagree about the effectiveness of their method and whether it is justified, the judges have not engaged in misconduct."

August 05, 2024 at 01:52 PM

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Avalon Zoppo

The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judicial Council on Friday upheld the dismissal of an ethics complaint against federal judges who signed a letter stating they won't hire law clerks from Columbia University following what they called the school's failure to deal with pro-Palestinian protests over the war in Gaza.

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