TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Oct 9, 2024

The American Bar Association (ABA) has revised the criteria for its Judicial Clerkship Program, which connects law students with judges and law clerks to educate them about the long-term benefits of judicial clerkships. The ABA eliminated references to schools sending students from "underrepresented communities of color" and judges hiring "minority" students after the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty threatened to sue over the program. The new criteria states that law schools are "encouraged to select a diverse group of students" to participate. Judges no longer have hiring parameters, Reuters reports.