Stanford law dean of 'equity' is ON LEAVE after speech to conservative judge trends now

A Stanford law dean who launched into targeted speech against Trump-appointed judge is currently on leave, as the college confirmed they won't discipline woke students who abused the lawman. 

Tirien Steinbach's absence from Stanford was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon Wednesday, although it's unclear if she's taken a voluntary absence - or been put on leave pending a disciplinary 

Earlier this month, Judge Stuart Duncan was greeted with posters along the walls of the prestigious university - saying he had committed crimes against women, gays, blacks and 'trans people' in reference to the case.

He was asked to give a speech at the famous law school earlier in March about the circuit's Court of Appeals by the student chapter of the conservative Federalist Society, but was met with abuse.

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Steinbach stepped in during the screaming, but instead of calming the students down, she started piously lecturing Judge Duncan for six minutes using pre-prepared notes. 

Stanford confirmed that Steinbach is currently on leave, and that the students involved in the woke protest – which was in defense of a convicted pedophile – will not be punished for their actions. 

Law School Dean, Jenny Martinez, and Stanford President, Marc Tessier-Lavinge, have since 'formally apologized, confirming that protesters and administrators had violated Stanford policy' days later.

But students appear not to have learned their lesson, with Martinez's classroom vandalized by students furious that she'd apologized to Duncan on their behalf.  

The judge was targeted because of his ruling on a transgender pedophile in 2020, where he refused to allow her bid to get her name changed.

DailyMail.com can reveal the mugshot of Norman Keith Varner, 42, who failed in her bid to change her name to Kathrine Nicole Jett, 42, on court records.

Varner has twice been convicted of possessing child pornography and failing to register as a sex offender.

In 2012 Varner pleaded guilty to one count of attempted receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison which will be followed by 15 years supervised release.

By 2015, while in prison, Varner came out as a transgender woman and began 'hormone replacement therapy' shortly after trying to change her surname to Jett in Kentucky.

However, the US Court of Appeals rejected Varner's appeal to change her conviction records to her new name.

Fifth Circuit Judge Stuart Duncan and others ruling it as 'meritless' because the pedophile was known as Norman Varner at the time she committed the child sex abuse offenses.

But her case sparked anger amongst the woke Stanford law students, and Steinbach, who sabotaged his speech at the prestigious university earlier this month.

Varner's case was widely reported at the time of the court challenge by outlets including NBC News, including details of her vile crimes.

That suggests Stanford students may have known the magnitude of the crimes she committed - but that they decided to defend her anyway.

Varner was previously convicted of child exploitation and possession charges in 2005 but was handed an 18-month suspended sentence by an Indiana court.

She was then arrested in 2010 for failing to register as a sex offender, as well as several appearances in court and a suspended sentence for fraud offenses and bad checks in the late 1990s.