For those who have been following the issue, the Columbia Law Review website is now back online again—and it includes the controversial article by Eghbariah along with the following statement from the non-student Board of Directors after their attempts to get the student editors of the student-run law review to change their minds apparently failed:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-case-main-players-100107178.html
Jay Lefkowitz…urged then-U.S. Atty #AlexAcosta to hold off notifying any victims of the hearing at which Epstein would plead guilty. None of them was ever told, so they had no opportunity to object to the deal…Over roughly 10 mos between Epstein signing the plea deal and the guilty plea, #Lefkowitz and #Starr took the matter to top Justice Department officials to get a better deal.
Where he is now: He is a senior partner at #KirklandEllis and a prof at #ColumbiaLaw.