Attorneys have condemned the retaliation against pro-Palestine law students by law firms.
A pro-Palestine supporter holds a placard saying"No Pride In Apartheid" during a rally in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 16, 2023.U.S. law firms Davis Polk & Wardwell and Winston & Strawn are retaliating against law students who signed on to or drafted public statements in support of Palestine by rescinding letters of employment.
The law students, who attend Harvard, Columbia, and New York University, had condemned Israel for the killing, occupation and displacement of the Palestinian people., Israeli forces have killed a staggering 4,200 Palestinians in just 10 days, displacing over 1 million more. Since Israel started bombing Gaza on October 7, at least 11 Palestinian journalists, 28 medical staff and 14 UN colleagues have been killed.
“The attack on Ryna Workman comes hand in hand with the smear campaign targeting the rallies for Palestine taking place across the world and U.S. President Joe Biden’s vague yet chilling invocation of ‘law enforcement’ in response to the mass protests in support of the Palestinian people,” the NLG. “Attacks on lawyers, law students, and legal workers for speaking out on Palestine are attacks on solidarity itself, and we will not accept them.
“I worked at Davis Polk for two years ,”. “I worked on the 27th floor, where there was a floor-wide art installation centered around Black people picking cotton, entitled ‘Heritage of the South.’”, the doxing and harassment by anti-Palestinian vigilante groups like Canary Mission have disproportionately targeted Black students, teachers, professionals and organizations.
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