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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

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A group of people standing in front of 230 Park Avenue holding various signs that read, “LEXIS loves ICE”, “LEXIS, SHAME ON YOU!”, “LEXIS SURVEILS SO ICE CAN DETAIN & DEPORT. END YOUR CONTRACT WITH ICE!”, “LEXIS SEPARATES FAMILIES”, “LEXIS PROFITS OFF DEPORTATIONS. NO TECH FOR ICE!”

NYU Law students protest LexisNexis contract with ICE

Law students from NYU and Columbia University demonstrated outside the Park Avenue headquarters of the data brokering company to demand that it end its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Yezen Saadah, News Editor April 11, 2023

Almost two dozen students from NYU's School of Law and Columbia Law School gathered outside the headquarters of LexisNexis on Friday to protest the data firm’s contract with...

On Thursday, Oct. 7, law students rallied outside the Park Avenue headquarters of LexisNexis. NYU School of Law students joined students from more than 20 law schools across the country to demand that universities end their contracts with legal databases Westlaw and LexisNexis to pressure their owners to cut ties with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Staff Photo by Manasa Gudavalli)

Law students push for NYU to cut ties with legal databases over ICE links

Students from more than 20 law schools across the country, including NYU Law, have launched a week of protest calling for their administrations to cut ties with two legal databases that provide immigrants’ personal data to ICE.
Suhail Gharaibeh, Deputy News Editor October 8, 2021

Students at the NYU School of Law have joined a national campaign calling for universities to stop purchasing access to two legal databases linked to U.S. Immigration and Customs...