Law Students Urge New Steps to Curb Harassment in Judiciary (1)

Law students told the federal judiciary’s policy-making body to take further action to prevent workplace misconduct 11 days after a lawyer told Congress she was sexually harassed as a clerk.

Among the solutions the student advocacy groups suggested: A uniform national “climate survey” for clerks and other judicial employees to collect data about workplace conduct, and a national reporting option for clerks and employees outside individual circuits.

“We write on behalf of law students who believe that the federal judiciary has responded inadequately to widespread misconduct and are concerned that the judiciary is not a safe working environment,” the student ...