Judges Want 'Disruptive' Law Students Flagged to Employers

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March 15, 2023, 10:56 AM

Judges Want ‘Disruptive’ Law Students Flagged to Employers

Seth Stern

- Fifth, Eleventh Circuit judges say students should be punished

- Another judge was interrupted at Stanford appearance

Two federal appeals court judges say law schools should consider informing potential employers if students participate in protests that disrupt speakers on campus.

Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho and Eleventh Circuit Judge Elizabeth Branch wrote in the National Review that law schools should punish students who participate in “disruptive tactics” and said they’re failing to “teach students how to become good citizens.”

"And if schools are unwilling to impose consequences themselves, at a minimum they should identify the disrupters so that future employers know who they are hiring,” the judges said ahead of their scheduled appearance on Wednesday at Yale Law School.

Their article is the latest response to the disruption of Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan’s March 9 appearance at Stanford Law School where protesters interrupted his remarks.

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