February 21, 2016 LDB National Law Students’ Leadership Conference LDB will conduct its third annual national law students’ leadership conference in the San Francisco Bay Area, featuring prominent scholars and practitioners of civil and human rights law, including U.S., international, and comparative law experts. Events
February 16, 2016 Major Law School Programs in Atlanta, Berkeley, Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia and Seattle to Culminate in Bay Area Confab This afternoon, LDB announced topics and speakers for its Third Annual National Law Student Leadership Conference to be held in the San Francisco Bay Area later this month, culminating an extraordinary amount of LDB chapter activity at law schools around the country. Press Releases Press Room
February 10, 2016 Prof. Alexander Tsesis at Penn Law, on “Terrorism, the Internet and the First Amendment” On Wednesday, February 10, the University of Pennsylvania LDB Chapter will host Professor Alexander Tsesis, to speak on the topic of “Terrorism, the Internet and the First Amendment.” Events
February 4, 2016 Prof. Eugene Kontorovich at Cardozo Law School On Thursday, February 4, Cardozo’s LDB Chapter will host Professor Eugene Kontorovich, who will speak about how group boycotts, such as BDS, violate U.S. law. Kontorovich is one of the world’s preeminent experts on international law and the Israel-Arab conflict. Events
February 3, 2016 LDB Attorney Aviva Vogelstein, “Fighting Campus Anti-Semitism and BDS” On Wednesday, February 3. LDB Staff Attorney Aviva Vogelstein will address law students at Loyola University on “Fighting Campus Anti-Semitism and BDS.” Vogelstein (B.A., Penn ’10; J.D. Cardozo, ’13) has worked for the Brandeis Center… Events
February 3, 2016 LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus returns to his alma mater, UC Berkeley LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus (J.D., UC Berkeley (Boalt) 1991) returns to his alma mater to inaugurate our newest LDB chapter! Events
January 25, 2016 Legal Strategies to Combat Anti-Semitism and BDS On Monday, January 25, LDB Staff Attorney Aviva Vogelstein will address law students and undergraduate students at Northeastern University on “Legal Strategies to Combat Anti-Semitism and BDS.” Events
January 12, 2016 LDB Welcomes Alex Goldberg The Brandeis Center welcomes their newest team member, Alex Goldberg, who will be joining the organization for a Spring 2016 Communications & Development internship. Press Releases Press Room
January 8, 2016 LDB Explains the New Anti-Semitism ouis D. Brandeis Center President Kenneth L. Marcus has contributed important scholarship on “The Ideology of the New Anti-Semitism” to Indiana University scholar Alvin Rosenfeld’s landmark new edited volume, Deciphering the New Antisemitism. Press Releases Press Room
December 18, 2015 Brandeis Center Warns Tower Foundation Against Divestment he Brandeis Center applauds San Jose State University’s (SJSU) Tower Foundation for voting not to divest from companies that do business with Israel but regrets that it permitted a discriminatory anti-Israel boycott to be brought forward for a vote. Press Releases Press Room