Foley Summer Associate Fails to Show DEI Remarks Protected Job

Foley & Lardner LLP convinced a federal court that its job offer to a summer associate wasn’t unconditional because its diversity director told her that the firm supported her Arab Muslim heritage and “embraced her history and values.”

Jinan Chehade filed a promissory estoppel claim against the law firm after it rescinded the offer because of her vocal opposition to Israel’s 2023 bombing of civilians in Gaza.

But the director’s statements weren’t an “unambiguous promise that Plaintiff’s employment offer would not be rescinded for her activism and advocacy efforts that she viewed as supportive of her Arab Muslim heritage,” said ...