The Lawfare Project Issues Statement in Response to Upcoming House Committee on Education and the Workforce Hearing with President of DePaul University

The Lawfare Project issued the following statement in response to the United States House Committee on Education and the Workforce’s announcement that it will call the President of DePaul University, Robert L. Manuel, to testify before Congress on Wednesday, May 7, 2025:

“On Thursday, April 10, the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced that it will be calling the President of DePaul University to testify regarding the school’s abysmal failure to address antisemitism on its campus. The Lawfare Project commends this action and applauds the Committee for holding DePaul University accountable for its failure to protect its Jewish students.

The House Committee’s announcement came just over a week after The Lawfare Project and its co-counsel, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., filed a lawsuit on behalf of Max Long and Michael Kaminsky, two Jewish DePaul students who were violently attacked in an antisemitic hate crime on DePaul’s campus in November 2024. Prior to filing the lawsuit, The Lawfare Project and #EndJewHatred civil rights movement attempted in good faith to collaborate with the University in implementing solutions to address the ongoing threats, harassment, intimidation, and bullying against Jewish students on its campus for months - the type of conduct that gives license to more violent attacks like the one experienced by Max and Michael. Not only did DePaul University flatly refuse to engage with The Lawfare Project’s attorneys regarding these efforts pre-suit, it also abruptly canceled a meeting in February with #EndJewHatred and Chicago Jewish Alliance activists on the topic just hours before the meeting was scheduled to occur.

DePaul University has avoided taking responsibility for the violent antisemitic rhetoric permeating throughout its campus for years, and now it must face the consequences—both before Congress and in the court of law.

The Lawfare Project offers its expertise to the Committee and is committed to providing its members with any information they need to assist in their investigation of DePaul, including by making Max and Michael available to testify as witnesses. We look forward to seeing justice for DePaul’s Jewish students finally being served.”