Stanford Law Diversity Head Is Out After Judge’s Disrupted Talk

A Stanford Law School associate dean will leave the university in the latest fallout from a March event where protesters interrupted a speech by a conservative federal judge.

Tirien Steinbach will be leaving her role as associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion “to pursue another opportunity,” Dean Jenny Martinez said Thursday in an email to the Stanford Law School community.

Steinbach spoke at the March 9 event where Judge Kyle Duncan of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit faced off with protesters supporting LGBTQ+ rights.

One video of the event posted by the conservative Ethics & ...