Columbia Law Review's Administrative Board Student Editors Call for Exam Cancellation Out of Concerns for
Equity and Academic Integrity
Dear CLS Community, As the Administrative Board of student editors of the Columbia Law Review, we urge the Law School to cancel exams and give all students passing grades for their work throughout the semester. In the alternative, it is our view that the Law School at the very least observes the community's overwhelming call for
mandatory Pass/Fail during this horrific time for our campus. The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us on the Review. We know this to be the same for a majority of our classmates. Videos
have circulated of police clad in riot gear mocking and brutalizing our students. The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time. This only follows the growing distress that many of us have felt for months as the humanitarian crisis abroad continues to unfold, and as the blatant antisemitism, islamophobia, and racism on campus have escalated. Our response is not disproportionate to the outsized impact it has had on many of us in the community a crowd of people that proudly represent their membership in a white supremacist, neo-fascist hate group were storming
our campus just days ago.
Equity and Academic Integrity
Dear CLS Community, As the Administrative Board of student editors of the Columbia Law Review, we urge the Law School to cancel exams and give all students passing grades for their work throughout the semester. In the alternative, it is our view that the Law School at the very least observes the community's overwhelming call for
mandatory Pass/Fail during this horrific time for our campus. The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us on the Review. We know this to be the same for a majority of our classmates. Videos
have circulated of police clad in riot gear mocking and brutalizing our students. The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time. This only follows the growing distress that many of us have felt for months as the humanitarian crisis abroad continues to unfold, and as the blatant antisemitism, islamophobia, and racism on campus have escalated. Our response is not disproportionate to the outsized impact it has had on many of us in the community a crowd of people that proudly represent their membership in a white supremacist, neo-fascist hate group were storming
our campus just days ago.
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