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What Can Be Done To Stop Campus Disruptions?

Judge Ho draws a direct line between Yale and UCLA.

Josh Blackman | 5.8.2026 8:00 AM

I recently wrote about the latest campus disruption at UCLA. As you might have predicted, the students who interrupted the event faced no consequences. By contrast, UCLA suggested that the FedSoc chapter could face liability if they named the people who protested at the public event. As FIRE pointed out, the school cannot impose liability for sharing truthful information. UCLA quickly backed off.

Yesterday, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted a panel discussion about free speech on campus. The panelists were Professor Eugene Volokh (formerly of UCLA), Professor Jon Michaels (UCLA), and Yitzy Frankel (a student at UCLA). Judge Jim Ho moderated. But as Judge Ho often does, he shared his thoughts on the matter.

Judge Ho's introduction was covered in Bloomberg, so I thought it might be useful to present his full remarks in context. I asked Judge Ho, and he graciously allowed me to share his comments.

The recent incident at UCLA Law School should alarm every lawyer, every judge, every citizen who cares about the future—and the future leadership—of our country.

To begin with, this is not just one incident. It's just the latest in a string of incidents on campuses across the country. And it reveals what has been kept hidden for too long from the American people. Too many law schools have stopped teaching students how to be good citizens—let alone good lawyers. Too many institutions of legal education have become incubators of intolerance. And I worry about the impact on the rest of our country.

Let me be clear: I didn't fly halfway across the country because some law school event went poorly. At the end of the day, I really don't care about what happens at UCLA. That doesn't affect me at all.

Here's my concern: If this is what we're teaching the next generation of lawyers and leaders—that this is how you treat people you disagree with—ask yourself: What else are they willing to do to those they disagree with? What other lines are they willing to cross? What kind of country does that look like? And is it the kind of country any of us would........

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