Judge James Ho (CA5) and another 11 judges -- including Judge Branch from the 11th Circuit -- have said they won't hire law clerks from Yale because they feel Yale has a cancel culture.
Yale news covers the story here:
“I don’t want to cancel Yale,” Ho told Reuters. “I want Yale to stop cancelling people like me.”
According to employment lists obtained by the News for the Yale Law classes of 2019, 2021 and 2022, no Yale Law graduates from any of these classes reported first clerkships with Ho or Branch. The most recent Yale Law graduate hired by Ho graduated in 2017.
Aggrey Odera LAW ’23 pointed out that the boycott was ironic, since those who participate in and embrace alleged “cancel culture” would not likely want to work for a judge such as Ho. This boycott would only shut out the voices of conservative Yale Law students, Odera told the News.
“I find it funny — and counterintuitive if his ends actually are conservative — that a conservative judge would deny clerkship opportunities to conservative Yale Law students … as a means of punishing the school,” Odera wrote in an email to the News.
In his speech, Ho referenced previous events that have taken place within the Law School, one of which followed the backlash surrounding a controversial email — seen as racially insensitive to many — inviting students to an event co-hosted by the Federalist Society.
Dean of Yale Law School Heather Gerken responded to that incident with an email defending free speech while emphasizing a desire to create an inclusive environment for students.
“The vigorous exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of this Law School,” Gerken wrote in an email to students following the incident. “Protecting free speech is a core value of any academic institution; so too is cultivating an environment of respect and inclusion. These two values are mutually reinforcing and sit at the heart of an intellectual community like ours.”
Branch — also a Trump appointee — is the first federal judge to publicly join Ho’s boycott, raising concern “about the lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular.”
In other cancel culture news, I was informed by a number of sources that the AO had banned this blog so that the judiciary could not access it. After a few quick calls, this was all sorted out. Our judges can again take a peak at breaking district news when they get bored on the bench. All good!
4 comments:
She is the poster child for cancel culture
Ridiculous to penalize hard working students because of her radical political beliefs
Has Altman join the boycott?
What about Altonaga?
Yale Law School is a wonderful place for people who want to be trained as philosopher kings, but not much emphasis is placed upon knowledge of the law or servicing clients. But, anytime I am interested in someone who is all knowing, a Yale law graduate will be my first choice, which is a shame because Yale used to stand for the best in legal education. Lawyers like Louis Hector (now deceased) and Alvin Davis (alive, well, and still practicing first class law) were both Yale grads.
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