US House panel drops inquiry into Northwestern's law school clinics
Source: The Guardian
Fri 11 Apr 2025 16.30 EDT
Last modified on Fri 11 Apr 2025 17.04 EDT
The US House education and workforce committee withdrew an investigation into Northwestern University’s law school clinics after professors there sued and alleged that the inquiry violated their constitutional free speech rights.
The professors secured what amounted to a legal victory for them on Thursday, when the House committee withdrew its investigative requests with respect to the university and its law school’s Bluhm Legal Clinic program on Thursday.
Citing reports of antisemitism on campus, House committee members had sought budget and personnel records over claims that the university was using “taxpayer-supported institutional resources for troubling purposes”.
The mention of reported antisemitism on campus was contained in a 27 March letter that the committee sent to justify the investigation and was addressed to Northwestern University’s chairperson, Peter Barris, as well as its president, Michael Schill.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/11/northwestern-us-house-committee-investigation
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