March 8, 2018 “Campus Speech and the First Amendment,” Prof. Alexander Tsesis On Thursday, March 8, Professor Alexander Tsesis will speak to the newest LDB law student chapter at Case Western Reserve University School of Law on the topic of, “Campus Speech and the First Amendment.” Events
March 7, 2018 Professor Eugene Kontorovich at Harvard Law School On Wednesday, March 7, Northwestern Law Professor Eugene Kontorovich will speak to LDB students at Harvard Law. Professor Kontorovich’s research spans the fields of constitutional law, international law, and law and economics. Events
March 7, 2018 Trump’s Pick for Office for Civil Rights Is Democrats’ Best Bet By Max Eden Real Clear Policy After one year in office, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is still running a skeleton crew at the Department of Education. The Senate confirmation process for her political appointees has stalled, and Senate Democrats sense blood in the wateraround the nominee to head the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Kenneth Marcus. Given the hot-button […] Media Coverage Press Room
March 5, 2018 Democrats Stonewall Ed Civil Rights Nominee As Anti-Semitism in Schools Rises 94% Democratic obstruction in the Senate has left the Department of Education without leadership in its office of civil rights at a time when anti-Semitism has risen by 94 percent in U.S. schools. Media Coverage Press Room
February 12, 2018 LDB Files Amicus Brief in Support of Arizona Anti-BDS Law On Friday, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (LDB) filed an amicus brief in support of HB 2617, an Arizona state law that requires state contractors to certify that they are not “engaging in a boycott of Israel.” The Brandeis Center filed its brief in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenging the First Amendment implications of the law. Press Releases Press Room
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