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sl8

(13,664 posts)
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 10:55 AM Mar 2023

Judges Want 'Disruptive' Law Students Flagged to Employers

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/judges-want-schools-to-flag-disruptive-students-to-employers


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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CrispyQ

(36,419 posts)
1. If I were a hiring manager, I would definitely want a peek at a list like that!
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 10:59 AM
Mar 2023

Sure some are trouble makers, but some are making good trouble. Figure out a way to figure out which ones & hire them, stat.

halfulglas

(1,654 posts)
2. Brand new hires at a law firm find out soon enough what is acceptable to
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:06 AM
Mar 2023

Their new employers without "punishment" in advance for their acts in law school because the testy judges were annoyed.

canuckledragger

(1,636 posts)
3. More authoritarians whining about being held accoutable?
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:13 AM
Mar 2023

Their egos can't handle anyone calling them out, especially those they think are beneath them because of those massive egos.

They'll continue to be called out and can just pout about it.

RainCaster

(10,827 posts)
4. Judges who only believe that THEY have freedom of speech
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:19 AM
Mar 2023

We must protect their rights act the expense of the citizenry.
IMO, that's fucked up.

Phoenix61

(16,992 posts)
5. Two Trumpster judges want students exercising their
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:21 AM
Mar 2023

1st Amendment rights punished. I’m shocked, I tell you just shocked.


No, Of course I’m not. Fuckers got put on the bench to do exactly this.

Bev54

(10,037 posts)
8. These judges need to get off their high horses, sick and tired of them thinking they rule the world.
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 11:54 AM
Mar 2023

Midnight Writer

(21,705 posts)
9. I want judges to disclose from and how much they get paid for making speeches.
Sun Mar 19, 2023, 03:28 PM
Mar 2023

So we can identify who owns them.

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