Caryn Devins Strickland’s ordeal highlights the need to pass the Judiciary Accountability Act (JAA) and extending Title VII protections to more than 30,000 federal judiciary employees.
Law schools do not adequately inform students about the downsides of clerking; the implications of this small, hierarchical, isolated work environment; and the lack of workplace protections and support for mistreated clerks.
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
The Legal Accountability Project has embraced a high-risk, high-reward strategy: using disruptive tactics to increase transparency in the courts and improve the clerkship experience for thousands of clerks each year.
If you’re a law clerk and your judge is mistreating you -- or you’ve been terminated or retaliated against -- here’s some advice.