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Follow on Google News | Congressional Challenge to Stanford Law's AccreditationStanford Law School And Its Students Under Siege Over Free Speech Violations
The letter requests that the Council initiate "a proceeding under Rule 11 of the ABA's Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools to determine whether Stanford Law School [SLS] was or is noncompliant with the ABA Council's accreditation Standards." Interestingly, several federal judges and a U.S. Senator have suggested that some Stanford Law School graduates should not be admitted to the Bar nor be considered for clerkship positions. Federal appellate court judge James Ho, speaking for himself as well as for fellow judge federal appellate judge Elizabeth Branch, has announced "We will not hire any student who chooses to attend Stanford Law School in the future." In an related development also from Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, also raised concerns about Stanford University's failure to protect freedom of speech after a student-led protest disrupted an event headlined by Judge Duncan. For these reasons, the powerful senator has demanded that the Stanford Law School answer in writing six probing questions he has posed, and to do so by April 3rd. All of this trouble comes just as the U.S. News ranking of law schools - to which many applicants give great weight when selecting a school - is about to be made public (April 18). So undergrads selecting a law school might well be concerned that SLS will have to undergo a formal hearing proceeding to determine whether it will keep its ABA accreditation; Moreover, applicants may well note that Senator Ted Cruz wrote to the Chief Judge and to the chair of the Board of Law Examiners to point out that "The idea that these future lawyers would find it acceptable to harass and insult a sitting judge boggles the mind, and seriously calls into question whether these students have the proper respect for the role of a judge, or the temperament to practice law." jbanzhaf3ATgmail.com @profbanzhaf End
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