US Judge Won’t Hire Yale Law Clerks Citing ‘Cancel Culture’ (1)

Sept. 30, 2022, 5:39 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 30, 2022, 10:01 PM UTC

US appeals court Judge James Ho said he won’t hire law clerks from Yale Law School in the future citing “cancel culture.”

“I don’t want to cancel Yale. I want Yale to stop cancelling people like me,” Ho said, according to prepared remarks for a keynote address to Kentucky chapters of the conservative Federalist Society Thursday. The written remarks were reviewed by Bloomberg Law.

“Starting today, I will no longer hire law clerks from Yale Law School. And I hope that other judges will join me as well,” he said.

Ho, a prominent conservative appointed to US Court of Appeals ...

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