Anti-Israel law students at Harvard University conspiracy to smear many law firms that opposed anti-Israel efforts on university campuses. Washington Free Beacon Found.
Harvard Student-led Chapter National Lawyers Guild, The left-wing legal advocacy group with chapters all over the country held “Big Law, Big Secrets: Edited by Wikipedia” on campus earlier this month. The event, led by a reported student of anti-Israel activities, was intended to “collect data to compile the pages of large Wikipedia law firms to reflect the cases discussed recently.”
Two days later, more than a dozen law firms critical of anti-Semitism on Harvard and other university campuses have revised their Wikipedia pages, including ones that have given up on job openings from Harvard students.
The changes were made by a Wikipedia account linked to another Harvard Law student with a history of anti-Israel advocacy, and free beacons were discovered, effectively trying to make the law firm look bad in the eyes of liberals. Some changes also sought to soften critical languages Campus anti-Semitism.
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An anti-Israel student at Harvard Law School reportedly smeared law firms that defied anti-Semitism after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. (Getty Images; Fox News)
For example, a section on the Wikipedia page describes the cases that Davis Spoke is working on. It has been changed from “Defense of separation” and “racial relations.” The company’s page has added a lengthy section on “The Expression of Purdue Pharmaceutical,” a pharmaceutical company that Democrats denounced for taking part in the opioid crisis.
In 2023, Davis Polk canceled the job offer he gave Harvard students about student leadership when organizing anti-Israel protests on campus. It was also one of 100 law firms that sent Harvard a November 2023 letter to be sent to Harvard in November 2023, which urged them to crack down on campus anti-Semitism after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
Jones’ Day signed the letter had a Wikipedia page Changed to include An additional about defending Walmart against allegations of overprescribing opioids; Second right to amend “Racist gerrymander.”
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Another signatories, Latham & Watkins, saw a section on work on cases related to Chevron’s principle of respect It has been changed to say The company “erodes “institutions” to protect civil rights, human health and the environment, and other important public functions. ”
Another signatories to the November letter, Jenner & Block, saw criticism of Uber’s representative in the lawsuit over whether the driver should be considered a full-time employee or contractor. Added to that page.
On April 25, 2024, the protest allowed Harvard University only to students and accredited staff with Harvard IDs. (Anibalmertel/Anadoru via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, the editorial history of some companies that signed the letter. Simpson Tacher and Bartlett, He showed efforts to dull the language about what happened on university campus after the Hamas attack. For example, accounts linked to Harvard students have been changed to the company’s pages “in the wave of anti-Semitism in the US” and “in the wave of protests in the Gaza War in the US.” Additionally, the “anti-Semitism incident at elite US law schools” has been changed to “pro-Palestinian protest at elite American law schools.”
Overall, 14 law firms saw changes like these, according to a free beacon survey. When reaching for the comment, Harvard University spokesman Jeff Neil said the Wikipedia editor was organized by a student-run organization and “does not represent Harvard Law School’s views.”
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Harvard faculty and staff are holding signs within Harvard Yard during a press conference by faculty supporters at the Palestinian Union Harvard University. (John Tlumaki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to the National Lawyers Guild’s Harvard Chapter and its national organizations, but did not receive a response.
Earlier this month, the Trump administration’s joint task force to combat anti-Semitism frozen at over $2.2 billion in federal funds for Harvard. The administration shows that Harvard can take up to $9 billion if it fails to meet the requirements for anti-Semitism and other federal directives from Trump.
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The Trump administration is also considering ways Strip Harvard’s tax-free status The president took office in its first 100 days after the school said it would not comply with the president’s demands relating to campus anti-Semitism, DEI and other policy priorities.
