Court Rejects Complaint Over Judges’ Boycott of Columbia University Students

In May, 13 judges stated in a letter that they would not hire ‘anyone who joins the Columbia University community.’

U.S. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Branch in a confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate in a file image from video. The Epoch Times via the Senate Judiciary Committee

A federal appeals court has rejected a complaint that alleged judges who announced they would not hire Columbia University students as law clerks were committing misconduct.

The complaint was lodged after 13 judges in a May missive to Columbia University’s president said that they would not hire “anyone who joins the Columbia University community” starting with the students who began classes in 2024.