Columbia University is using lawyers from Manhattan’s Debevoise & Plimpton to investigate student misconduct complaints stemming from recent pro-Palestine protests on campus.
A group of mostly junior Debevoise lawyers has reached out to students on behalf of the university to conduct interviews, according to two students who were contacted. The attorneys referred to themselves as “interim hearing officers” for Columbia, used school-provided email addresses, and listed phone numbers connected to the university. They include at least four associates and one counsel from the elite firm, emails provided by the students show.
Columbia, Debevoise, and the attorneys did not respond to ...