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Stanford Law official who admonished judge during speech is on leave, dean says
https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/stanford-law-official-who-admonished-judge-during-speech-is-leave-dean-says-2023-03-22/3 minute read March 22, 2023 3:13 PM EDT Last Updated 16 hours ago
Stanford Law official who admonished judge during speech is on leave, dean says
By Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond
(Reuters) - Stanford Law School will not discipline students who disrupted a campus speech by a conservative federal judge earlier this month, but an official who appeared to intervene on the protesters' behalf is now on leave, the law school's dean said Wednesday.
In a 10-page public letter, dean Jenny Martinez detailed the school's response to the March 9 protest of 5th U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a 2018 appointee of former President Donald Trump. The letter said Stanford Law administrators did not enforce the school’s speech policy, which prohibits shutting down speakers through heckling.
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It said associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion Tirien Steinbach, who addressed Duncan and students during the event and said the judge's presence was painful for some students, is currently on leave.
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Stanford Law official who admonished judge during speech is on leave, dean says
By Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond
(Reuters) - Stanford Law School will not discipline students who disrupted a campus speech by a conservative federal judge earlier this month, but an official who appeared to intervene on the protesters' behalf is now on leave, the law school's dean said Wednesday.
In a 10-page public letter, dean Jenny Martinez detailed the school's response to the March 9 protest of 5th U.S. Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan, a 2018 appointee of former President Donald Trump. The letter said Stanford Law administrators did not enforce the school’s speech policy, which prohibits shutting down speakers through heckling.
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It said associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion Tirien Steinbach, who addressed Duncan and students during the event and said the judge's presence was painful for some students, is currently on leave.
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