NYU Law Student Facing Backlash Over Israel-Hamas War Comments Speaks Out

Workman's speech is "wholly protected even if other students found them offensive or even hateful," and the law school doesn't need to do more than to conduct a "cursory, internal review," Alex Morey, director of FIRE's Campus Rights Advocacy, wrote in a letter to Troy A. McKenzie, dean of NYU Law.

October 17, 2023 at 05:05 PM

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Legal Education

Christine Charnosky

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) sent a letter to New York University School of Law on Monday defending Ryna Workman's right to free speech while Workman is asking that people shift their focus from prosecuting them to calling on the United States to end all military aid to Israel's far-right government.