Washington, D.C. (September 14, 2022) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Ben Alkon as the organization’s newest full-time attorney. . Mr. Alkon, a 2020 graduate of George Washington University Law School, will work on legal advocacy initiatives, including investigations of anti-Semitic incidents on campus, advising students who face anti-Semitic harassment and discrimination, and preparing legal complaints. Mr. Alkon will also assist with training programs and coordinate with strategic partners in the college space. . “At a time when the Brandeis Center’s work is yielding an extraordinary series of concurrent, open U.S. government investigations into campus anti-Semitism – from the University of Illinois and Brooklyn College to USC and now the University of Vermont – we are delighted to have another attorney of high caliber join our team,” declared Founder and Chairman Kenneth L. Marcus. “We are particularly pleased with the experience that he brings in the fields of religious liberty and international law.” . “Ben is joining our Brandeis Center staff when the demand for our services is at an all-time high. His intelligence, professional experience, and passion for helping others have enhanced our team and enabled us to increase our capacity,” noted Brandeis Center President Alyza D. Lewin. “It’s a delight to have him on board. I’m confident he will be a boon not only to us but also to our clients, interns and law students.” . “I am excited to join the Brandeis Center at a time when the organization’s work highlighting attacks on Jewish identity have become part of mainstream discussions on anti-Semitism,” Mr. Alkon shared. “I look forward to providing support to Jewish students across the country, who have been wrongfully branded as pariahs by groups that seek to exclude Jews from educational opportunities.” . Mr. Alkon’s appointment continues the Brandeis Center’s ongoing expansion. In addition to its historic focus on combatting campus anti-Semitism, the Brandeis Center is also leading the legal effort to address emergent forms of anti-Semitism that are spilling out of the campus space into other arenas. As exemplified by the Center’s employment discrimination case against Stanford University and its landmark settlement that prevented Ben & Jerry’s anti-Israel boycott, the civil and human rights organization is also fighting anti-Semitism in the workplace and corporate boardroom. . The Brandeis Center continues to recruit for additional positions to address increasing anti-Semitism on and off of university campuses. The organization is currently seeking applicants with employment law experience for the role of ‘Director of Corporate Initiatives and Legal Counsel’ and is accepting applications for winter and spring law student clerkships, civil rights fellowships and undergraduate communications and development internships. . About Ben Alkon: The Rockville, Maryland native has primarily worked as a family law and domestic relations litigator since graduating from George Washington University Law School in 2020. . He was president of his undergraduate Hillel chapter at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and later at the firm of Heideman Nudelman & Kalik, P.C., he assisted in the firm’s representation of American victims of international terrorism. . Ben worked closely with Richard D. Heideman, providing support for his second book, The Bloody Price of Freedom, and on an article published in the Loyal University Law School’s International Law Review’s special edition on the Nuremberg trials. . He has interned with the ACLU’s Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief and worked as a research assistant for the George Washington University Law School’s David R. and Sherry Kirschner Berz Research Professor of Law and Religion, Robert Tuttle. . . About the Brandeis Center: The Louis D. Brandeis Center is an independent, nonprofit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. The Brandeis Center conducts research, education, and advocacy to combat the resurgence of anti-Semitism on college and university campuses. It is not affiliated with the Massachusetts university, the Kentucky law school, or any of the other institutions that share the name and honor the memory of the late U.S. Supreme Court justice.