Tiger mother Amy Chua could hold the key to the next round of Brett Kavanaugh's allegations

Now, a week after the teacher Christine Blasey Ford & # 39; s The allegations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh have become public, Chua is facing criticism for an even more direct and disconcerting connection with Kavanaugh. The Guardian reported on Thursday that several sources claim that Chua and her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, offered inappropriate advice to students hoping for prestigious positions as a clerk for Kavanaugh. She reportedly told her students that it was "no coincidence" that Kavanaugh's employees "looked like models" and offered tips for dressing "extrovert" in interviews. Rubenfeld reportedly told a potential employee that Kavanaugh liked a certain "look".

Rubenfeld's conduct, in particular, is now under investigation in Yale, he said in a statement. The Guardian. He added: "In recent years, I have faced personal attacks and false allegations in response to my writing on difficult and controversial but important issues of the law. I have reason to suspect that I am now facing more of the same thing. . . . Nevertheless, I am ready to participate in this process in the hope that it can be concluded quickly. A request for comment was not immediately returned. According to Above the Law, a letter requesting information about his behavior circulated among elders during the summer and the publication has received complaints from several former students who wish to remain anonymous while the investigation is ongoing. In a statement to The Guardian, a law school spokesperson said they were previously unaware of any allegations about the internships.

Although she became famous for her unresolved memories where she had difficult parenting practices, Chua focuses on international trade and ethnic conflict in her legal work. She canceled all her classes this semester and, according to her husband, is currently hospitalized for a serious illness.

Chua has served on the Yale Research Chair's Executive Committee for the past ten years. In his op-ed for the Newspaper, Chua noted that out of the 10 employees she had sent to Kavanaugh, eight were women. She also noted that her own daughter would have been employed for Kavanaugh this year if it had not been named.

Although Ford's allegations are the first to accuse Kavanaugh of sexual assault, his mentor, the judge Alex Kozinski 9th District Court of Appeals resigned in December 2017 after multiple allegations of harassment. (When he resigned, Kozinski apologized for making employees "uncomfortable," but declined to comment). September 14, a former Kozinski law clerk Heidi Bond, In Slate, he observed that Kozinski's room environment was omnipresent during his time and that the judge had kept a mailing list where he often sent sexist jokes.

Chua denied these claims in a statement to The Guardian, writing that "there are good reasons that many of them have gone to internships of the Supreme Court; he only hires those who are extraordinarily qualified.