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Top U.S. Law Firms Urge Tougher Stance on Student Antisemitism

(New York Times) Andrew Ross Sorkin - Kirkland & Ellis LLP, the largest law firm in the world, together with two dozen major Wall Street firms, have written to some of the nation's top law schools to crack down on discrimination and harassment targeting Jewish students and warning that the rise of antisemitism on campus could have corporate consequences. "We look to you to ensure your students who hope to join our firms after graduation are prepared to be an active part of workplace communities that have zero tolerance policies for any form of discrimination or harassment, much less the kind that has been taking place on some law school campuses." "It is imperative that you provide your students with the tools and guidance to engage in the free exchange of ideas, even on emotionally charged issues, in a manner that affirms the values we all hold dear and rejects unreservedly that which is antithetical to those values."
2023-11-05 00:00:00
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