NYU Law School cancels free speech event on October 7 with Jewish speaker
- New York University Law School canceled the event featuring Ilya Shapiro, citing security concerns related to the anniversary of a Hamas attack.
- Associate Dean Megan McDermott stated that hosting the event would strain security resources, leading to the decision to cancel it.
- Shapiro criticized the cancellation as an example of university officials capitulating to a 'heckler's veto.'
- The Federalist Society planned to relocate the event but could not change the date, leading to its complete cancellation.
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NYU Law School Cancels Conservative Speaker on Anniversary of Hamas Massacre
Yesterday, I flagged the decision of New York University’s School of Law to cancel the planned Federalist Society event featuring conservative legal scholar Ilya Shapiro. It is only the latest example of schools scuttling or limiting speeches by conservatives and libertarians, citing the likely protests on campus. Instead of punishing those who disrupt events, NYU and other schools enable those protesters and reinforce the ideological orthodoxy …
NYU law school cancels speech about cancel culture at elite law schools
Legal scholar Ilya Shapiro will not be allowed to give his speech about cancel culture and wokeness at elite law schools after New York University’s law school refused to facilitate a room and security for the event. Shapiro planned to discuss his book “Lawless: The Miseducation of American Elites,” which discusses various cancel culture incidents at American law schools, including his own. Source
NYU Law School cancels free speech event on October 7 with Jewish speaker
(The Center Square) – New York University School of Law cancelled a Federalist Society event scheduled for Oct. 7 that concerned free speech and featured a conservative Jewish speaker, the school’s reasons for cancellation ranging from security to lack of…
'Heckler's Veto': NYU Cancels Oct. 7 Jewish Speaker
Citing security concerns and the potential for protests tied to the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, the New York University School of Law has canceled a Federalist Society event featuring conservative legal scholar Ilya Shapiro.
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