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Anti-Israel comments prompt Winston & Strawn to rescind NYU law student's job offer
Law firm Winston & Strawn said on Tuesday that it had rescinded a job offer to a New York University law student who wrote in a student bar association online publication that "Israel bears full responsibility" for Hamas’ deadly attack in Israel.
The firm did not name the student, who it called a former summer associate. But a Monday online newsletter from the NYU Student Bar Association includes a message from SBA president Ryna Workman blaming Israel for the violence.
Workman, who uses the pronouns they/them online and whose now-deleted LinkedIn account previously listed them as a summer associate at Winston & Strawn, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
In a statement, the firm said the former summer associate’s comments “profoundly conflict with Winston & Strawn’s values as a firm.”
“Winston stands in solidarity with Israel’s right to exist in peace and condemns Hamas and the violence and destruction it has ignited in the strongest terms possible,” it said.
NYU law dean Troy McKenzie also sought to distance the school from Workman’s comments in a Tuesday message to the law school community, saying their message was not from the school and does not speak for its leadership.
An NYU Law spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
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Law firm Winston & Strawn said on Tuesday that it had rescinded a job offer to a New York University law student who wrote in a student bar association online publication that "Israel bears full responsibility" for Hamas’ deadly attack in Israel.
The firm did not name the student, who it called a former summer associate. But a Monday online newsletter from the NYU Student Bar Association includes a message from SBA president Ryna Workman blaming Israel for the violence.
Workman, who uses the pronouns they/them online and whose now-deleted LinkedIn account previously listed them as a summer associate at Winston & Strawn, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday.
In a statement, the firm said the former summer associate’s comments “profoundly conflict with Winston & Strawn’s values as a firm.”
“Winston stands in solidarity with Israel’s right to exist in peace and condemns Hamas and the violence and destruction it has ignited in the strongest terms possible,” it said.
NYU law dean Troy McKenzie also sought to distance the school from Workman’s comments in a Tuesday message to the law school community, saying their message was not from the school and does not speak for its leadership.
An NYU Law spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
Read more:
Israel-Hamas war: What you need to know right now
How Hamas duped Israel as it planned devastating attack
I hope none of you are nuts enough to discuss this where employers can identify your views.
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