Columbia Law backs its graduates after conservative judges said they won’t hire them

Columbia Law Dean Gillian Lester backed the school's graduates Tuesday after a group of conservative judges said they wouldn’t hire them following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests on the campus.

Lester said in a statement that Columbia Law graduates are “consistently sought out by leading employers in the private and public sectors, including the judiciary,” Reuters reported.

Her statement follows a letter signed by right-leaning federal judges that was sent to her and Columbia...