Yesterday, the world learned what many people in legal academia had already known for years — that the Tiger Mother herself, Yale Law professor Amy Chua, had been grooming women for their clerkship interviews with Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, suggesting that they “dress to exude a ‘model-like’ femininity.” In fact, Chua apparently prides herself on her ability to prep and preen the women she sent to Kavanaugh’s chambers, having reportedly told a group of law students that it was “not an accident” that all of his female law clerks “looked like models.”
At the same time, it was disclosed that Chua’s husband, Yale Law professor Jed Rubenfeld — who had reportedly warned a student to avoid clerking with Kavanaugh — is the subject of an internal investigation at the school having to do with allegations of harassment of and inappropriate conduct towards female students.
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