Judiciary Weighs Guidance on Ethical Hiring for Law Clerks

The judiciary’s policymaking body is examining whether it should craft more guidance on judges’ hiring practices for law clerks, following an incident regarding the hiring of a clerk who was reported to have sent racist text messages.

The Judicial Conference asked its committee on codes of conduct to consider if “additional guidance is needed on the ethical duties of judges in the hiring of law clerks,” according to a report of its March proceedings that was made public on July 12.

The conference also instructed the committee on judicial conduct and disability to consider if any changes are needed to ...