Brandeis Center will present a conference at Fordham University Law School

 

Fordham Law School

Fordham Law School

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is excited to present a Fordham Law School mini-conference on “Israel, BDS, Academic Freedom and the Law,” next week.

 The event will take place next Wednesday, November 20, 2013 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm. It will be held in room 207 at Fordham University School of Law located at 140 W 62nd St, New York, NY 10023. The event will be hosted by the Fordham Law School Jewish Students Association. The conference is co-sponsored by LDB, the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and The Lawfare Project.

Several enlightened key speakers will participate at the event, starting with LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus, who will deliver introductory remarks, followed by an erudite panel of experts. Richard Cravatts, President, Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, Brooke Goldstein, President, The Lawfare Project, and Stephen Greenwald, Immediate Past President, American Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists are the panelists.

We will be discussing about anti-Israel campaigns on college campuses. We will also speak about the relationship between anti-Israelism and anti-Semitism, and the uses and abuses of academic freedom, and legal efforts to protect Jewish students from harassment. If you are interested in hearing about these topics, please join us this Wednesday at Fordham Law School!