Student activism has surged in 2024 as pro-Palestine protests erupt on college campuses from Columbia University to UCLA. The Israel-Hamas war and the resulting death toll have now drawn more students out to protest than any event this century, according to several history professors interviewed for this article.

Count some law students among the activists. From Harvard Law students grilling Big Law partners about commitments to diversity and inclusion to a law student disrupting the dinner of a law school dean, the legal sector hasn’t been immune from the uproar.