On Tuesday, March 28, The Lawfare Project’s Director of Legal Affairs, Amanda Berman, will address students in the LDB chapter at Loyola University Chicago School of Law on Counterterror and Lawfare – the use of the law as a weapon of war against the United States, Israel and the West. In her role as an attorney, Amanda liaises with the American and international Jewish community on behalf of the Lawfare Project and maintains relationships with LP supporters, donors and clients Amanda writes extensively on lawfare and counter-terror related issues and is a media contributor across various mediums and outlets. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, with a major in diplomatic history, and she submatriculated into the Fels Institute of Government where she received her Master of Governmental Administration in 2008 with a specialized focus on public policy and nonprofit management. After spending a year doing political and campaign work, Amanda was offered a Dean’s Merit Scholarship and a Public Service Scholarship at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While at Cardozo, Amanda staffed the Cardozo Public Law, Policy and Ethics Journal, in which she published her Note entitled, “Isn’t it Ironic? The Undermining of American Public Policy by American Tax Law, and the Ramifications on Middle East Peace.” She was also a Fellow in the Cardozo Program in Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies and a clinical student in both the Bet Tzedek Legal Services and Advanced Human Rights Clinics.

On Tuesday, March 28, Mitch Webber will address the LDB Chapter at Cornell Law School on BDS & Campus Anti-Semitism. 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. A graduate of Yale University and Harvard Law School, Mr. Webber clerked for the Hon. Mark L. Wolf in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts. He has represented clients in numerous class and individual actions in federal and state courts and in arbitration. He also is experienced in governmental investigations pertaining to various subject areas, including allegations of corruption, fraud, insider trading, and accounting irregularities, and has developed expertise in Jewish related civil rights matters, especially with respect to the BDS Movement, and campus anti- Semitism.