February 8, 2018 LDB Events at University of Chicago, Loyola, and Kent Law Schools On Wednesday, Feb 8 – Thursday, Feb 9, LDB’s Director of Legal Initiatives Aviva Vogelstein and LDB’s Civil Rights Legal Fellow, Roee Talmor, will speak at three of Chicago’s LDB law student chapters. On Wednesday, Vogelstein and Talmor will address LDB students at Chicago-Kent College of Law about Using the Law to Combat Campus Anti-Semitism. Events
February 1, 2018 Jewish and civil rights groups urge Congress to prevent abuse of federal education funds Late last week, more than a dozen Jewish and civil rights groups lobbied Congress to stop an abuse of federal education funds under a law related to higher education. Media Coverage Press Room
January 31, 2018 LDB at UChicago Hosts Ms. Marlene Mazel On Wednesday, January 31, the LDB chapter at the University of Chicago School of Law will co-sponsor a lunch talk with Ms. Marlene Mazel, who currently serves as the Director of the Counterterrorism and Foreign Litigation Division at the Israeli Ministry of Justice. Events
January 31, 2018 Brandeis Center Backs Suspended Swastika-Hating Stoughton Teacher The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law is again criticizing Stoughton school officials for their handling of an incident involving a student drawing a swastika. The national non-profit has called on the school district to rescind their disciplinary actions against Stoughton High School teacher Hillary Moll, who was suspended without pay following the incident. Media Coverage Press Room
January 30, 2018 The Continuing Fight for Justice at Stoughton High School Yesterday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) (www.brandeiscenter.com) sent a letter to Stoughton Public Schools District (Stoughton), urging the District to retract the unfair disciplinary measures that its teacher, Hillary Moll, has suffered for standing up against anti-Semitism. Press Releases Press Room
January 30, 2018 Advocacy Groups: Federally-Funded Mideast Studies Centers Being Misused for Anti-Israel ‘Indoctrination’ Fourteen prominent Jewish and advocacy groups urged a key Senate committee to reform the Higher Education Act (HEA), which they claim is being “misused to promote biased, one-sided, and anti-Israel programming in our nation’s Middle East studies centers.” Media Coverage Press Room
January 29, 2018 In Defense of Kenneth Marcus Kenneth L. Marcus has been nominated to direct the Office of Civil rights in the United States Department of Education, based on his extensive experience as a civil rights attorney and a legal scholar. Marcus has held an endowed chair in Equality and Justice in America at Baruch College, served as staff director of the United States Commission on Civil Rights and as Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights under President George W. Bush. Media Coverage Press Room
January 26, 2018 Robbins: Dems’ vote against Marcus worrisome At last month’s Senate hearing on the nomination of civil rights lawyer Ken Marcus to be the Education Department’s assistant secretary for civil rights, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) praised Marcus for his advocacy on behalf of a Virginia Tech student threatened by a white supremacist working for the university. Media Coverage Press Room
January 25, 2018 Jewish, Civil Rights, and Educational Groups Urge Higher Education Reform Today, fourteen Jewish, educational, and civil rights organizations urged the U.S. Senate to reform the Higher Education Act to prevent misuse of federal funds by publicly supported, university-based Middle East studies programs. Press Releases Press Room
January 19, 2018 Senate Committee Advances Nomination of Kenneth Marcus to Top Civil Rights Post in Education Department A key Senate committee advanced the nomination of Kenneth Marcus to a top civil rights post in the Department of Education on Thursday, clearing him for a final confirmation round. Media Coverage Press Room