Here is a media roundup on Palestine Legal’s support for Berkeley law students in defense of their free speech rights. Law students at the University of California at Berkeley continue to face threats and attacks because of their commitment not to host speakers who support Israeli apartheid.
Read MoreAfter a year of retaliating against university staff for providing support to Palestinian students who were grieving Israeli state violence last spring, George Washington University is effectively shutting down an office that provides services for students experiencing trauma.
Read MoreThe Center for Constitutional Rights and Palestine Legal filed an amicus brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a lawsuit seeking to strike down a Texas law that requires government contractors to pledge not to engage in boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns for Palestinian rights.
Read MoreToday’s decision is an attack on our right to dissent from the status quo. In upholding Arkansas’ anti-BDS law, the court refused to confront the reality that these laws are part of an effort to shield Israel from accountability.
Read MoreAfter administrators tried to block their interfaith event on Palestine earlier this year, students at a private school in Ohio turned to their community—and to Palestine Legal—for help in getting their voices heard.
Read MorePalestine Legal staff are participating in a number of events this spring on topics ranging from academic freedom and free speech to a Know Your Rights workshop geared towards student activists. Stay tuned to this page for updates.
Read MorePalestine Legal is supporting NYU law students active with Law Student for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) as they face an investigation based on frivolous complaints falsely alleging antisemitism following a public email exchange with members of Law Students for Israel.
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