Thirteen federal judges threatened to not hire Columbia undergraduate or law school alumni for clerkships, in response to the pro-Palestinian activism that unfolded on the Ivy League campus – culminating in more than a hundred individuals getting arrested after they occupied an academic building for several hours last week. The hiring boycott will apply to “anyone who joins the Columbia University community – whether as undergraduates or as law students – beginning with the entering class of 2024,” a letter from the judges, addressed to Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, read. This…
