Law Clerks for Accountability

Our mission is to ensure that the federal judiciary provides a harassment-free workplace for all employees. Inquiries: [email protected].

[Law Clerks for Accountability @ClerksForChange]

Wondering who we are? We are a group of current and former law clerks who have worked together since December. We believe that significant changes are necessary to address the potential for harassment of employees who work in the federal court system.

[Steve Leben @Judge_Leben]

@CLSClerks @ClerksForChange @Jaime_ASantos @happygolawky @ColumbiaLaw These women are doing an amazing job of raising the right questions and suggesting good answers to them. They are also giving generously from a limited resource—their time. Judges need to step up to work more fully and more openly on these issues.

[Andrea Cristina Saavedra, Esq. @acsaavedra_esq]

Thank you to @ClerksForChange @Jaime_ASantos @happygolawky and Kendall Turner for yesterday's panel @ColumbiaLaw educating us about their important work, and challenging us to think critically about how law schools and our students can and should be involved. #ColumbiaClerks

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

Excited to speak at @ColumbiaLaw tomorrow with @Jaime_ASantos and Kendall Turner on behalf of @ClerksForChange. Looking forward to discussing clerkships, advocating for change, and the role law schools can play in helping our efforts.

Come say hi if you're around!

[Julian Davis Mortenson @jdmortenson]

Deeva's work on judicial accountability is remarkable. Speaking truth to power is one thing. Mobilizing a pragmatic change effort aimed at *the* professional power structure in your field is something else entirely. Vision, persistence, and integrity in service of others. 👊

[Andrea Cristina Saavedra, Esq. @acsaavedra_esq]

I am honored to host leaders from @ClerksForChange for an upcoming panel @ColumbiaLaw on their important work in protecting Federal Judiciary Employees from sexual harassment, discrimination, and other workplace misconduct. We have much to learn. #CLSClerks

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

@rachel221 @molly_coleman This is exactly why we started @ClerksForChange. Otherwise, there's no impetus for change. People leave a year later, and there's no incentive to keep fighting.

[Marin K Levy @marinklevy]

It is worth remembering in all of this the "missing" women in law - how only about 1/4 of tenured / tenure-track law professors are women; how only about 1/4 of law partners are women. This is not just a story about how the profession could be more "family friendly."

[People's Parity Project @PeoplesParity]

"If the system feels stacked against you, it's because it is." –Olivia Warren

#EndJudicialHarassment

Read her full testimony here:

https://t.co/6feM80GQro

[House Judiciary Dems @HouseJudiciary]

Deeva Shah on #MeTooInTheCourts: “Law clerks from numerous federal courts shared with our organization that they had felt demeaned, belittled, and humiliated during their clerkships…and that they did not feel comfortable reporting.” Watch her full statement here.

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

@LeahLitman And I want to highlight that portion of Olivia's testimony because the hearing was not about Judge Reinhardt alone, it was about the federal judiciary’s failures. This hearing means little if these systems do not change. /end

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

This morning, I had the opportunity to testify before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Courts. I have a lot to say about today, but I want to start by talking about the testimony of one of the bravest women I know, Olivia Warren. 1/

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

My testimony this morning focused on a few changes the judiciary (or Congress) should to make to actually encourage reporting and ensure accountability. I'd like to highlight a few things. 1/

[People's Parity Project @PeoplesParity]

@ClerksForChange Olivia Warren: "It was only after Dahlia Lithwick spoke out that I was able to go to a mentor of mine."

The women who are speaking out are having such a profound impact on the lives of so many. Thank you.

#EndJudicialHarassment

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

As I prepare for this hearing, all I can think about is the amazing women who have gone above and beyond to fight for better. From the team at @ClerksForChange to the women who have spoken truth to power to every woman who picked up my calls to help me prepare, thank you.

[Georgetown Parity Project @GULCParity]

Please join us tomorrow morning to attend a House Judiciary Committee hearing on sexual harassment in the federal judiciary workplace. We stand in solidarity with @ClerksForChange in demanding that clerkships are equitable, harassment-free workplaces #CourtsToo

[Law Clerks for Accountability @ClerksForChange]

Looking forward to @happygolawky's testimony tomorrow morning.

[Jacqueline Thomsen @jacq_thomsen]

House Judiciary’s subcommittee on the courts announces witnesses for tomorrow’s hearing on judicial misconduct: @chaifeldblum @happygolawky and @Dahlialithwick

[Deeva Shah @happygolawky]

Hi all, I'll be testifying on behalf of @ClerksForChange at this House Judiciary hearing. This is my first time speaking publicly about my work on these issues after finishing my clerkships. I would appreciate your support and hope people can attend or watch. #ClerksForChange

[Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law @BolchJudicial]

"The Chief Justice is taking this issue seriously and understands only a dent has been made," writes @profbcoleman about recent changes to the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges. Read Prof. Coleman's commentary on @IReadJotwell: https://t.co/4mZdsNazYl @ClerksForChange

[Law Clerks for Accountability @ClerksForChange]

Thanks for highlighting our work, @profbcoleman! We really appreciate your insightful overview of our remaining concerns with the judiciary's effort to address harassment.

[Law Clerks for Accountability @ClerksForChange]

"The LCWA’s tenacity is making a difference. The LCWA is to be commended for holding the judiciary’s feet to the fire. Their work honors the brave individuals who have already stepped forward and helps protect those court employees who may endure treatment yet to come to light."

[Jotwell @IReadJotwell]

Brooke D. Coleman @profbcoleman, Accountability Requires Tenacity https://t.co/TVpZqK0CmT reviewing In 2017, United States Distric