Today, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted the University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine’s (UMD SJP) request for a preliminary injunction to allow the group to host an interfaith vigil on October 7, 2024.
Read MoreThe University of Florida chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (UF SJP) filed a lawsuit today challenging the Chancellor of the State University System of Florida’s order to state universities to deactivate the student group. Contrary to recent media reports, the deactivation order remains in place today.
Read MoreIn written decisions issued last Friday, George Washington University cleared Students for Justice in Palestine and its president, Lance Lokas, who were wrongly charged with misconduct relating to property after SJP organized a postering campaign critical of the Israeli army’s treatment of Palestinians.
Read MoreMichael Ratner Justice Fellow Amira Mattar was featured in a Guardian article addressing the backlash to the growing campus movement for Palestinian liberation.
Read MorePalestine Legal, our clients and partners were featured in a number of articles about our victory against an attorney with ties to the Israeli government who attempted to force UCLA to reveal the list of speakers at the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference in 2018. On March 11, a judge in California ruled that disclosure would violate the presenters’ rights to freedom of association, speech and privacy.
Read MoreDavid Abrams, an attorney with ties to the Israeli government who files frivolous suits against Palestine advocates, is attempting to force UCLA to reveal the list of speakers at the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) conference that took place at UCLA in 2018. UCLA has refused to disclose the names in order to protect people from doxing by right-wing pro-Israel groups—and potentially the government of Israel itself.
Read MoreIn a hasty decision short on analysis, a New York appellate division court reversed a thorough, well-reasoned ruling by the trial court that Fordham University violated its own policies when it refused to recognize a Students for Justice in Palestine club. We plan to seek review by the highest court in New York so that Fordham students can keep organizing for Palestinian rights on campus as SJP, as they have been for the last year and a half.
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