Military Recruiters Back at Yale Law Job Fair

[Torog]

Military Recruiters Back at Yale Law Job Fair

Tuesday , October 02, 2007
By Heather Nauert


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After a five-year legal battle, Yale Law School will finally admit military recruiters at job fairs beginning Monday.

It is not that the school has had a change of heart regarding the military's presence, reports "Big Story" correspondent Douglas Kennedy. Many on the New Haven, Connecticut, campus do not want recruiters there because they feel that the military discriminates against gays and lesbians with its "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

This is the same position that other Ivy League schools, such as Columbia University, have taken. Columbia does not have a ROTC program because some student and faculty groups object to the 14-year-old Department of Defense policy.
Yale's position is that the military discriminates, though Yale Law fails to understand that its policy is discriminatory, too. Students who might be interested in joining the military, perhaps as a JAG officer, must seek out careers in the military on his or her own, without the assistance of the school.
Shouldn't students at one of the top law schools in the U.S. have the right to decide for themselves whether or not they want to work for the military? If no one wants to join the military, those recruiting tables will sit empty and the free market will have spoken.

But Yale Law recently decided to back away from the legal fight, though only because school leaders have realized that they do not want to forgo hefty federal grants. A federal statute, known as the Solomon Amendment, allows the feds to withhold money from schools that treat military recruiters differently than other recruiters.

Yale Law's decision opens the door to $350 million infusion. A Yale Law professor explained that the school could not justify losing money for its research programs.

Legal experts say that Yale's decision will be closely watched by the numerous other elite schools that currently shun recruiters. Other campuses may soon relent, too.

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[Torog]

Howdy Y'all,

Well I'll be daggumed ! I had forgotten that the schools who spit on the military,are doing it partially because of the homosexual policy of the military,in addition to the usual hatred that they feel towards soldiers.

Is that why San Francisco and Oakland,are pissing(figuratively,for now) on our troops ? Because of the homosexual policy ?

Is there anyone in the area that can tell me whether or not this is the case ?

Have a good one ...

[andruejaysin]

Hate to point out the obvious, but students at yale law probably already have career plans. And they are probably smart enough to find a recruiter if they really want to.

[Torog]

Hate to point out the obvious, but students at yale law probably already have career plans. And they are probably smart enough to find a recruiter if they really want to.

Howdy andruejaysin,

Yup..it's pretty obvious all right,them Yale law students have plans to take as much as they can from America..and never give anything back.

As for finding a recruiter,I ain't sure about that..I reckon that they ain't got enuff common-sense to tie their own shoe-laces..much less find a recruiter.

Have a good one ...

[andruejaysin]

Well hell, if they're that bad why do you want them in the army?

[Captain Jack Sparrow]

They are much better off going through the poor and impoverished neighborhoods looking for minorities like they always do...

I'm sure these Yale kids are bright enough to NOT buy into the BS asshole recruiters spew. The military sucks, but these guys are dishonest pricks tricking and conning young kids out of high school into joining.

Sure, I guess they NEED to but still. These kids get recruited and it's their LIFE on the line, you'd expect a little more honesty from these guys but they don't care about your life, they care about filling quotas.

Sorry for the hate, but my recruiter completely fucked me after I joined and I had to spend 2 years in legal separation fixing my contract and then just getting discharged out.

[anangrymailman]

Yup..it's pretty obvious all right,them Yale law students have plans to take as much as they can from America..and never give anything back.

I really don't think you know what you're talking about. Why don't you keep your hating to yourself. Turn it inside!

[anangrymailman]

When I got caught with weed, a yale law professor and some yale law students took my case free of charge!