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How to Lose Your Job by Supporting Palestine [TEASER]
Dec 19, 2023
Ryna Workman and Jinan Chehade were expelled from a Big Law course for supporting Palestine. They discuss the limitations of free speech in the US and the unequal application of it. They also uncover the ideologies of big law firms and the legal establishment and their response to Nestle's child slave labor controversy.
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- Corporate law firms often have an ideological stance that can lead to discriminatory responses towards expressions of solidarity with oppressed communities like Palestine.
- The experiences of Rina and Janan expose the bad faith and racist response of law firms, revealing their true beliefs and willingness to suppress dissent.
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Corporate law firms dropping employees over expression of solidarity for Palestinian cause
Rina Workman and Janan Shahadi, both aspiring lawyers, had their job offers rescinded by corporate law firms after expressing support for the cause of Palestinian liberation on social media. Rina, as the Student Bar Association President at NYU Law, sent an email stating that Israel bears full responsibility for the violence in the region, which was objected to by their future employer. Janan faced a more complicated situation, with her firm interrogating and ultimately firing her based on her participation in local chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, public comments criticizing a resolution that only condemned Hamas, and inquiries about her Palestinian and Muslim background, as well as her family's status as immigrants.
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