Top U.S. law firm Davis Polk announced in an internal email that it had rescinded letters of employment for three law students at Harvard and Columbia universities who signed on to organizational statements about Israel, one of the latest responses to open letters from university groups about the Israel-Hamas conflict that have roiled university donors, employers, alumni and students.
Barr went on to write, “At this time, we remain in dialogue with two of these students to ensure that any further color being offered to us by these students is considered.”.
The representative did not immediately respond to a question about how the firm identified the students as having signed the statements.
The identities of the students were not revealed in the email, which did not specify which statements the students signed.
On Oct. 10, Sweetgreen CEO Jonathan Neman posted on X that he would “like to know” which students signed the Harvard statement “so I know never to hire these people.”.
The Harvard Crimson reported last week that at least four online websites have revealed the identities and personal information of students in groups that signed the statement.
The Harvard student group that issued the statement has removed the list of organizations that signed on to it. »
