The New York University School of Law has canceled a Federalist Society event featuring conservative legal scholar Ilya Shapiro, citing security concerns and the potential for protests tied to the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks.
The event, scheduled for Oct. 7, was to feature Shapiro — a prominent critic of campus anti-Israel activism and author of “Lawless: The Miseducation of American Elites” — discussing illiberal trends in higher education. But administrators warned that demonstrations could disrupt the talk and asked student organizers to reschedule.
“For security reasons, and because we anticipate an increased likelihood of demonstrations and protests connected to the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, incidents in Gaza, would it be possible to host Mr. Shapiro on another date?” wrote Penelope Fernandes, the law school’s director of institutional programming, in a Sept. 10 email, The Washington Free Beacon reported Wednesday.
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