Yale Law Professors, husband and wife team Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld, are in hot water with their Employer for the practice of advising would-be female clerks for Yale alum Brett Kavanaugh’s chambers. Their advice, as reported in this scathing Guardian piece from yesterday, is to look hot: 'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked like models', Yale professor told students
The Rubenfeld/Chua power couple were Kavanaugh’s main supplier of female clerks for Kavanaugh’s DC Court, and both of them made strong, glowing endorsements of Kavanaugh when he was nominated for the SCOTUS. Chua’s WSJ oped endorsement claims he is a “mentor to women.”
Chua, btw, is the infamous (in most parenting schools) author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. The faux-Maoist poster above is pretty accurate as to the gist of Chua’s philosophy, but the Chinese Communist theme is a bit off; Chua is a Fascist. Read the New Yorker link and see if you don’t agree.
Anyway, it seems that both her and her hubby are in hot water for their grooming practices. From NBC:
Yale Law dean: Reports that professor groomed female clerks for Kavanaugh 'of enormous concern'
(That’s the headline, and it refers only to Chua, but the article brings her husband into it as well, which I’ll note further down.)
From the NBC report:
The dean of Yale Law School on Thursday responded to reports that a prominent professor at the school had advised students seeking judicial clerkships with Brett Kavanaugh on their physical looks, saying the reported allegations of faculty misconduct are "of enormous concern" and calling on anyone affected to come forward.
According to reports in The Guardian, the Huffington Post and Above the Law, Amy Chua, a professor at the law school, would advise students on their physical appearance if they wanted to seek a clerkship for Kavanaugh. Specifically, Chua would help potential applicants to have a "model-like" appearance.
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"While we cannot comment on individual complaints or investigations, the Law School and the University thoroughly investigate all complaints regarding violations of University rules and take no options off the table," (Dean Heather) Gerken wrote.
and the money quote:
“I strongly encourage any members of our community who have been affected by misconduct to take advantage of Yale University's resources for reporting incidents and receiving support," the letter continued. "The Law School has a responsibility to provide a safe environment in which all of our students can live and learn in a community of mutual respect, free of harassment of any kind."
(emphases mine)
As to Chua’s husband, Rubenfeld, the article goes on:
According to reports, Jed Rubenfeld, who is also a professor at Law School and Chua's husband, also once told a student seeking a clerkship that Kavanaugh "hires women with a certain look."
"He did not say what the look was and I did not ask," the student said, according to The Guardian.
In a statement to NBC News, the Yale Law School spokeswoman acknowledged that the statement from Gerken was a result of the reports about "faculty conduct by two members of our faculty."
Like I said, “under the microscope!”