Stanford Law Added to Clerk Hire Boycott by US Judges Ho, Branch

US appeals court judges James Ho and Elizabeth Branch added Stanford to the law schools they won’t hire clerks from after students protested a speech by a fellow conservative judge.

Ho, a judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and Branch, an Eleventh Circuit judge, previously said they wouldn’t hire future clerks from Yale Law, citing what they said was the school’s “cancel culture.” In a Saturday speech at Texas Review of Law & Politics’ annual banquet, Ho said that same policy will apply to Stanford Law School.

“We will not hire any student who ...