NYC law firm rescinds job offers to Columbia, Harvard students over Israel letters

[Kamaji]

NYC law firm rescinds job offers to Columbia, Harvard students over Israel letters

By Emily Crane
Published Oct. 18, 2023

A prestigious Big Apple law firm has revoked job offers to three students at Harvard and Columbia universities after the Ivy League students signed controversial letters supporting Palestine in the wake of Hamas’ deadly slaughter in Israel.

Davis Polk & Wardwell alerted staffers on Tuesday that it had rescinded the offers because the prospective employees held leadership positions within the student organizations that issued last week’s statements blaming Israel for the attacks.

“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,” Davis Polk managing partner Neil Barr said in the email.

A spokesperson for the firm declined to identify the students.

Two of the Columbia students held leadership roles in groups that signed onto a letter released by the Ivy League’s Palestine Solidarity Groups, the New York Times reported.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/10/18/davis-polk-rescinds-job-offers-to-3-columbia-harvard-students-over-israel-letters/

[Kamaji]

Good!  Stupid should hurt sometimes.

[PeteS in CA]

Well, this could result in some real diversity at high-grade lawfirms. The positions that would have gone to Ivy Leaguers will go to graduates from less elite law schools (who will probably be better than the Ivy Leaguers anyway).