Back in November 2020, we covered the case of Valentina Azarova, a Germany-based “human rights scholar” who was denied the directorship of the University of Toronto School of Law International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Outraged, her supporters complained that a Jewish alumnus and donor—a sitting Tax Court judge ill-disposed to Azarova's work on "Israel's occupation of Palestine"—prevented her hire via behind-the-scenes pressure. Now, an independent investigation has disproven this claim, but Azarova's advocates are sticking to—and relentlessly spreading—their original, false narrative.
University of San Diego Provost: "we sought to determine whether the blog post at issue was protected by our policy on academic freedom. After a thorough legal review, it was determined that the expression was protected by that policy....
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: "the University of San Diego School of Law is doubling down on its violation of Smith’s expressive rights"...
In letter to Dean Robert Schapiro, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education writes: "Smith’s post on his personal blog is an exercise of extramural expression, a right USD Law expressly provides to its faculty...
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