Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. stated in his State of the Judiciary Report, delivered on Sunday, the start of an initiative to make sure appropriate procedures are provided to protect law clerks and all other court employees from sexual harassment.

Not only does this come after the many stories surfacing throughout the nation of women being subjected to sexual harassment by, typically, men in power, and the #MeToo campaign that spread throughout social media; it also comes after Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit retired last month, following allegations from former law clerks and other women that he worked with that he subjected them to unwanted sexual behavior and/or comments.

A few days after Kozinski’s retirement, Roberts had already started the initiative, having James Duff, director of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, create a group to work with him to evaluate the whole issue. The Chief Justice also received a letter from a group of almost 700 current and former law clerks, all wanting something to be done about the problem and for it to be brought to attention during his annual report. The group proposes a confidential national reporting system for judicial employees.

Considering how common sexual harassment is, well, pretty much everywhere, it’s nice to see an initiative started within the government that aims to review their policies to ensure the best protection they can provide to combat this issue. What makes it better is that Chief Justice Roberts wasn’t asked to start the initiative in the beginning. The initiative wasn’t made because the public criticized the judiciary for its sexual harassment policies, although it seems that their procedures could do with some adjustments, even according to some of their female workers.

He listened to the law clerks who are in need of a policy that effectively protects them from sexual harassment.