Thirteen federal judges announced Monday they would cease hiring law clerks from Columbia University after school administrators permitted a pro-Palestinian encampment on its lawn and allowed the “virulent spread of antisemitism” on campus.
“Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community — whether as undergraduates or law students — beginning with the entering class of 2024,” the judges said, according to the joint letter obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Pro-Palestinian student activists face off with New York Police Department officers during a raid on Columbia University’s campus at the request of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik on Tuesday evening, April 30, 2024, in New York. (Seyma Bayram via AP)
The boycott is led by U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Judges James Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who both led similar efforts to boycott the hiring
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