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After a group of Columbia Law School students took a photo with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in Washington D.C., at least nine progressive student groups condemned the event and called on other students to protest, according to emails obtained by Fox News Digital. The student meeting with Kavanaugh was highlighted in a post by the law school's official Instagram page. "During the visit, they learned about the human side of being a justice, the Court’s deliberation process, and how to be an effective advocate," the caption read. "Justice Kavanaugh also answered questions about a few of his most famous...

Sen. Ted Cruz also warned the Texas Board of Law Examiners against the Stanford law students A law professor at George Washington University said he may file complaints intended to prevent Stanford Law School students who ambushed Judge Kyle Duncan from being admitted to the California Bar if campus administrators do not punish them for their disruptions. Professor John Banzhaf of George Washington University Law School sent a letter to Professor Jenny Martinez, dean of Stanford Law School, warning of his plans. “I am writing to advise you that I plan to file formal complaints with bar admission authorities opposing...

A federal judge appointed by former President Trump was ambushed by about 100 student protesters and a woke diversity dean who derailed his talk at Stanford Law School and accused him of causing “harm” to students. Tirien Steinbach, the school’s associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, subjected U.S. Circuit Judge S. Kyle Duncan to a lengthy harangue and made it clear to him his presence on campus was unwelcome, video of the event shows. “It’s uncomfortable to say this to you as a person. It’s uncomfortable to say that for many people here, your work has caused harm,” Steinbach...

The judge in the picture above in Kyle Duncan. He is a sitting judge on the 5th Circuit Cour of Appeals. The hideous creature on the right is Tirien Steinbach. She is the Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Stanford University (did you even know there was such a thing?) Duncan was invited by the Stanford Chapter of the Federalist Society to give a speech on guns, COVD mandates and Twitter. As he was to being speaking he was ambushed by the hideous creature who then spouted off about how terrible Duncan was. But she then launched into an...

Fifth circuit judge Kyle Duncan is calling on Stanford to axe DEI dean Tirien Steinbach ... Fifth Circuit appellate judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, who was shouted down by Stanford Law School students as administrators looked on in silence, says the protesters behaved like "dogshit." ... Duncan is calling on the school to discipline the students who disrupted his talk and to fire the school’s associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion, who stepped in during the event to chastise him and deliver what the judge described as a "bizarre therapy session from hell." Duncan’s remarks come after nearly a hundred...

Another month has gone by with no medical breakthroughs offering hope to those afflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome. That’s a shame, because two Yale law students have taken to the pages of Time Magazine with a plan which clearly demonstrates precisely how bad this mental disorder can get. Unhappy with the results of November’s election, Samuel Breidbart and Vinay Nayak believe they have discovered an infrequently discussed element of constitutional law which could allow for the removal of Donald Trump from office. They’re not talking about impeachment (a proposal which is going nowhere fast), but rather yet another trip...

A decades-long study has found that budding lawyers are increasingly in favor of harsher punishments. Professor Franz Streng at the University of Erlangen in Bavaria asked his first-year law students the same set of questions every year from 1989 to 2012. “At the beginning of their studies, they’ve still only had their opinions formed by school, their parents and the media,” Streng said. He found that despite the young people feeling less at risk from crime from year to year, they became more and more positive about harsher punishments for criminals. …

A police officer who said women could avoid sexual assault by not dressing like “sluts” in an address to law students college has apologised. Constable Michael Sanguinetti made the stunning remark during a meeting about safety at Toronto's York University. While a more senior officer was talking, Mr. Sanguinetti interrupted and reportedly said: 'You know, I think we’re beating around the bush here. I’ve been told I’m not supposed to say this, however, women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.

SAN DIEGO ---- While eight U.S. servicemen sit in a military jail accused of war crimes and under an international spotlight, 10 young civilians, strangers to the defendants, are thumbing through legal books and organizing evidence to help the defense. It's nearly a full-time job for the civilians. And they are doing it as volunteers. The 10 are law students. Their professors are the attorneys tapped to represent Pfc. John Jodka, one of the eight men accused of kidnapping and killing an Iraqi man on April 26 in the village of Hamdania. It's the kind of case that seasoned professionals...

The trials of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi war prisoners rests, at least in small part, on the shoulders of Ian M. Ralby, a 22-year-old William and Mary law school student. He and 20 other students are providing legal research for the criminal case against Saddam and his accused henchmen, including cousin Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as “Chemical Ali.” Working in groups of two or three, each is preparing answers to one of 10 legal questions posed by the U.S. Department of Justice to present at trial to the Iraqi Special Tribunal in Baghdad. Each must file a 50-...

Arguably the nastiest thing that happens to law students -- other than making them into lawyers -- is teaching them that law is simply politics by other means. You don't have to subscribe to the (blatantly obvious) position that Roe v. Wade, for example, no matter your politics, was an exercise in raw judicial politics; and once you see how that sausage is made, it is terribly difficult to look at any judicial decision of the twentieth century and see a process any different than a legislative accomplishment. Teaching law students this is very bad for two reasons: First, it...