By Mike Scarcella | December 20, 2017
"The Chief Justice has asked me to establish a working group to examine the sufficiency of the safeguards currently in place within the Judiciary to protect court employees, including law clerks, from wrongful conduct in the workplace," James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Court, said in a memo.
By Tony Mauro | December 19, 2017
The federal law clerk handbook was revised Monday to include language that says nothing in the code of conduct prevents a clerk, or another judiciary employee, from revealing alleged misconduct. "Clerks are encouraged to bring such matters to the attention of an appropriate judge or other official," the handbook now says.
By Ross Todd | December 15, 2017
Chief Justice John Roberts has called on Chief Judge Robert Katzmann of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to head up an inquiry into sexual harassment complaints against Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski.
By Law.com Editors | December 14, 2017
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By Ross Todd | December 12, 2017
The 38 clerks that Stanford has sent over the past dozen years is about a third the amount sent by Harvard and Yale. The school has sent twice as many clerks to the court's liberal justices than its conservatives.
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By Tony Mauro | December 11, 2017
According to a National Law Journal study, the U.S. Supreme Court's clerk ranks are less diverse than law school graduates or law firm associates—and the justices aren't doing much to change that.
By Marcia Coyle | December 8, 2017
"Tell Kozinski to watch pornography at home and not in his own court," the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist reportedly once said about the Ninth Circuit judge.
By Cogan Schneier | December 6, 2017
Judges heard arguments Wednesday over the legality of the third iteration of President Donald Trump's travel ban.
By Cogan Schneier | December 5, 2017
Two federal appeals courts will hear oral arguments this week on the third iteration of President Donald Trump's travel ban, but a sweeping ruling Monday from the U.S. Supreme Court does not bode well for plaintiffs.
By Cogan Schneier | December 4, 2017
The Supreme Court stayed two lower courts' injunctions against the ban as the Ninth and Fourth Circuits prepare to hear oral arguments this week.
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