Daughter of ‘tiger mom’ Amy Chua picked as law clerk for US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh
- Chua penned essay extolling Kavanaugh ‘as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women’ before sexual assault allegations against him surfaced
- She faced criticism that piece was self-serving and that her daughter was virtually guaranteed a Supreme Court job with Kavanaugh
The daughter of Yale Law School professor and “tiger mom” Amy Chua, who praised Justice Brett Kavanaugh as a mentor to women after his nomination to the Supreme Court, is going to work for the judge this summer.
Yale Law graduate Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld will serve as a law clerk to Kavanaugh for a year, beginning this summer, the court confirmed on Monday.
Chua-Rubenfeld had planned to work for Kavanaugh when he served as a federal appeal court judge, but his Supreme Court nomination intervened.
Shortly after the nomination, Chua penned a Wall Street Journal essay extolling Kavanaugh “as a mentor for young lawyers, particularly women”.
Chua, who wrote a book titled Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother that describes her tough Chinese-style parenting on her two daughters, said she came to know Kavanaugh because she served on the Yale panel that sought to place graduates in prestigious federal clerkships.