Stanford law students who shouted down judge may be reported to California Bar

The guilty students ought to be expelled, and perhaps even sued at law for damage they’ve obviously now done to the Stanford Law school brand. It’s inarguable, given media coverage, that the event has degraded the standing of Stanford Law in the public eye, and I don’t think it can be dismissed as trivial that some prospective Law students have, as a result, stricken Stanford Law from their list desirable Law schools, resulting in real loss of future revenue.

Worse, though the damage resulted from a brief event, there is not a ready tool for computing the time it may take for Stanford Law to rehabilitate their sullied reputation. This isn’t getting fixed tomorrow, and future losses may be realized not only in 2023-24, but subsequent years, as well, and God knows for how long.

Stanford Law School has no option but to act, and to act forcibly with grave consequences as befits the gravity of the offense against the Judge, against the Law School, and against the greater body of Members of the Bar, not only in California, but others across the entire country. It’s not as if the legal professions need any help finding critics, but if these unruly children are able to pass into the practice of Law unchastened, and unreformed, criticism of the field will not multiply, it will exponentiate.

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