November 18, 2025 Virginia private school reaches settlement with Jewish parents over antisemitic harassment (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/18/2025 A private K-8 school in Northern Virginia reached a settlement on Tuesday with the parents of an 11-year-old Jewish student who say their daughter faced months of antisemitic harassment that went unaddressed by school officials. According to the complaint, filed in July with the Office for Civil Rights in the […] Media Coverage
November 18, 2025 US school that expelled Jews after antisemitic bullying apologizes in settlement (Times of Israel) Published by the Times of Israel on 11/18/2025 A top US private school in northern Virginia has settled a lawsuit over its expulsion of three Jewish students after their parents complained about repeated antisemitic bullying, lawyers for the parents and the state attorney general said on Tuesday. The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights […] Media Coverage
November 18, 2025 Private school in Virginia to pay nearly $150,000 to settle Jew-hatred suit (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/18/2025 The Nysmith School, a private institution in Herndon, Va., agreed to pay Jewish parents $100,000 and legal fees up to another $46,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that headmaster Ken Nysmith expelled three siblings after their parents complained about one, their 11-year-old daughter, being subject to antisemitic harassment at the school. “Combating […] Media Coverage Uncategorized
November 18, 2025 Settlement reached in antisemitic bullying at Virginia private school (Washington Post) Published by the Washington Post on 11/18/2025 A Virginia private school has agreed to adopt new policies to combat religious discrimination and pay $100,000 to a Jewish couple after the parents alleged that one of their children was bullied with antisemitic taunts and that the school’s headmaster reacted by expelling the girl and two of […] Media Coverage
November 18, 2025 Brandeis Center Forces Virginia School That Expelled 6th Grade Victim of Anti-Semitic Bullying & Promoted Art Project Resembling Hitler to Reform Policies in Settlement Nysmith School regrets expelling the children of the family that brought the action and will adopt nondiscrimination policies, establish working committee to investigate complaints of discrimination, and engage outside monitor Washington, D.C. (November 18, 2025) – Today, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced that the Nysmith School has agreed to settle discrimination […] Press Releases Press Room
November 14, 2025 Legal Aid lawyers union settles after 3 members allegedly ridiculed, targeted for pro-Israel stance (New York Post) Published by New York Post on 11/14/2025 The union repping taxpayer-funded Legal Aid lawyers agreed to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought by members who were allegedly ridiculed and targeted for opposing a union-approved anti-Israel resolution as antisemitic. The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, UAW Local 2325, agreed to pay the three pro-Israel members a total of $315,000 […] Media Coverage
November 14, 2025 Brandeis Center hosts first legal summit to strategize over antisemitism cases (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/14/2025 The historic rise of antisemitism brought on by the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks has posed a unique set of challenges to lawyers litigating incidents targeting Jewish students and employees. More than 60 attorneys and heads of Jewish legal organizations gathered on Monday for an inaugural legal summit in […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Settlement will ‘impose some adult supervision’ on legal union, Brandeis Center says (JNS) Published by JNS on 11/13/2025 The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said on Thursday that it and the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys had agreed to settle a lawsuit, which the center filed last year on behalf of three members of the union, and to pay the three $315,000. The Brandeis […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 Brandeis Center wins settlement over anti-Israel union activity (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 11/13/2025 The Association of Legal Aid Attorneys, a union representing over 3,000 legal workers, has acknowledged “inappropriate” communication around Israel and antisemitism as part of a settlement reached on Thursday brought on behalf of three union members who sued to block an anti-Israel resolution proposed weeks after the Oct. 7, […] Media Coverage
November 13, 2025 NYC legal aid union settles with lawyers who claimed anti-Israel bias (Reuters) Published by Reuters on 11/13/2025 A union representing New York-based legal aid lawyers said Thursday it will pay $315,000 to settle claims that it tried to retaliate against three of its members after they challenged the union’s issuance of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and “an end to Israeli apartheid.” As part of the […] Media Coverage