The handbook for federal law clerks was revised Monday to make it clear that they and other judicial employees can make complaints about sexual harassment without fear of violating the judiciary’s code of confidentiality.

The change came the same day Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit abruptly retired after former clerks and others claimed he engaged them in sexually charged encounters and unwanted behavior.

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