Last week, this same thing happened to a student at NYU Law. People are clearly disgusted by what’s happening on college campuses.
Bloomberg Law reports:
Davis Polk Rescinds Three Job Offers After Israel Statements (2)Davis Polk & Wardwell rescinded job offers to three law students at Harvard and Columbia universities after organizations they were part of made controversial statements about the Hamas attack on Israel.“The views expressed in certain of the statements signed by law school student organizations in recent days are in direct contravention of our firm’s value system,” the firm said in a statement viewed by Bloomberg Law.The statement didn’t identify the students, who were leaders of groups that signed on to the Joint Statement from Palestine Solidarity Groups at Columbia University and the Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine.A group of 31 Harvard University organizations signed on to an Oct. 9 declaration that “hold(s) the Israeli regime entirely responsible for all unfolding violence.” The Joint Statement from Palestine Solidarity Groups at Columbia University said that “The weight of responsibility for the war and casualties undeniably lies with the Israeli extremist government and other Western governments.”Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said in a separate statement the same day that Hamas’ actions were a “counter-offensive against their settler-colonial oppressor.”In an email to the firm viewed by Bloomberg Law,chair and managing partner Neil Barr said that “these statements are simply contrary to our firm’s values and we thus concluded that rescinding these offers was appropriate in upholding our responsibility to provide a safe and inclusive work environment for all Davis Polk employees.”But that it also will “remain in dialogue with two of these students to ensure that any further color being offered to us by these students is considered,” he said.
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