Legal Education
Apr. 26, 2023
When it comes to law schools, Biden’s judge picks aren’t diverse
Of the president’s 30 nominees to the 9th Circuit and California district courts, 25 have attended one of six elite law schools: Yale, Harvard, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, and the University of Chicago.
Since he took office, President Joe Biden said he wanted to diversify the federal bench, not just by adding women and minorities but also nominees with experience working as public defenders or representing unions or immigrants.
He has kept that promise. But while Biden has made the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and California district courts more diverse in terms of race, gender and professional experience, there’s one way it has not c...
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