The National Association of Muslim Lawyers and the National Muslim Law Students Association (NMLSA)National Muslim Law Students Association (NMLSA) today announced the official start of a project to support law students and new lawyers who have faced termination, job offer withdrawals, discrimination, or workplace mistreatment as a result of their identity or their expressions of support for Palestinian human rights. The NAML-NMLSA Helpers Project aims to connect experienced senior attorneys for guidance, assistance and opportunities with law students and new lawyers who have faced adverse impacts on their careers over the past six weeks. Over 60 attorneys and law students have already signed up for the program. Learn more and sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gh9taMMz #NAML #MuslimLawyers (fb)

(WASHINGTON, DC – 10/16/2023) The National Association of Muslim Lawyers today encouraged American law firms, law schools and legal organizations that have commented on, or plan to comment on, the ongoing crisis in Palestine and Israel to issue balanced statements that recognize the ongoing and longstanding suffering of the Palestinian people. NAML also called on both employers and schools to protect the free speech rights of employees and students who have been targeted for advocating for Palestinian human rights. In the week since Israeli military and settler attacks on Palestinians and Al-Aqsa Masjid, Hamas attacks on Israelis and others in southern Israel, and the Israeli government’s ongoing bombing attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, NAML has heard numerous concerns from both lawyers and law students about bigoted and biased behavior they have witnessed or experienced directed at Muslims and Palestinians. NAML is working with other Muslim and legal organizations to address these ongoing concerns. NAML also today extended its condolences to the family of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian Muslim who was stabbed to death in a hate crime motivated by anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian animus in Chicago. Read our full statement in the link... #Palestine #Israel #FreeSpeech #LawSchool #LawStudents (fb)