On Wednesday, March 28, Mitch Webber will address students at Emory University School of Law on the topic of defining bias. Mr. Webber is a litigator at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he focuses on securities fraud, antitrust, complex commercial disputes, internal investigations, and white-collar criminal matters.
On Wednesday, March 21, Gabriel Groisman - a lawyer, writer, speaker, and the Mayor of Bal Harbour, Florida - will address the LDB chapter at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Mayor Groisman wrote and passed the nation’s first municipal anti-BDS ordinance as well as the nation’s first codification of a uniform definition of anti-Semitism.
On Tuesday, March 20, Professor Oren Gross will address the LDB chapter at Loyola Chicago School of Law on the Legality of Jerusalem as Israel's Capitol. Prof. Gross, the Irving Younger Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School, is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of international law and national security law
A United States federal judge has ruled that the professors who are suing the American Studies Association (ASA) for its boycott of Israeli universities and academic institutions may file an amended complaint that substantially expands their case.
On Monday, March 19, civil rights attorney Joel H. Siegal, a member of the Louis D. Brandeis Center's Legal Advisory Board, will speak to the LDB chapter at the University of Viriginia School of Law, about Title XI &Title IV cases.
The Miami-Dade County Association of Chiefs of Police have unanimously adopted a resolution recognizing the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism when investigating crimes.
On Wednesday, March 14, the Cardozo LDB chapter along with the Jewish Law Students Association will host the Lawfare Project’s founder and executive director Brooke Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer & Director of Research Benjamin Ryberg, and Director of Legal Affairs Amanda Berman, to speak on the topic of “Litigating to Uphold the Rights of the Jewish People.”
By unanimous decision, the Miami-Dade County (FL) Association of Chiefs of Police passed a resolution recognizing the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism when investigating crimes.
On Thursday, March 8, Professor Alexander Tsesis will speak to the newest LDB law student chapter at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on the topic of, "Campus Speech and the First Amendment."
February saw several advances in the battle against anti-Semitism. The Brandeis Center held its Fifth Annual Law Student Leadership Conference, where young legal scholars were equipped with tools to combat anti-Semitism on their campuses.
