Download PDF WASHINGTON, DC, –The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, a Washington, D.C.-based civil rights group, this afternoon announced the formation of new student chapters at three Chicago law schools. This week, law students formed new law school chapters at the University of Chicago, Loyola University, and the Chicago Kent School of Law. The Brandeis Center, or LDB, was founded in 2011 to combat campus anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism on American college and university campuses. LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus commented, “We are thrilled to recognize three new Chicago law school chapters this week. These are smart, passionate, dedicated students who share our mission to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. I admire their commitment and look forward to supporting their efforts.” LDB law school chapters provide education, training, and legal engagement opportunities for their members. They cover a variety of issues, including Jewish legal advocacy, campus anti-Semitism, international human rights law, and the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions movement. LDB law school student members have also been active fighting anti-Semitism and participating in LDB’s civil rights legal work. The three new chapters join a dozen other law student groups around the country formed at law schools accredited by the American Bar Association. The first Louis D. Brandeis Center law school chapter, based at the University of California at Los Angeles, was founded less than two years ago. Most of the other chapters are fairly new, including a chapter at one other Chicago law school, the Loyola Chicago University School of Law, but they are already making an impact at their respect institutions.