More Than 70 former clerks to Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit release statement in support of former clerk who alleged sexual harassment and urge court reforms to prevent and address harassment.
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- The signatories of this letter clerked for Judge Stephen Reinhardt during his 38 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We believe that it is important for us to speak out in support of another former clerk regarding sexual harassment that she experienced while working for Judge Reinhardt.
- Some of us experienced or witnessed conduct in chambers that we would call sexist, workplace bullying or mistreatment. Others did not. Most of us were as shocked as the rest of the world to learn of the clerk’s experience in Judge Reinhardt’s final year. All of us, whatever our personal experience, are united that no clerk should have to go through this kind of ordeal and that it is important to stand with those who speak out about it.
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