Download PDF The Brandeis Center is pleased to announce the expansion of its law student chapter initiative to the Pacific Northwest. Last week, LDB opened its 17th law student chapter at the University of Washington (UW) School of Law, in Seattle, Washington. “The new UW law student chapter can join the other LDB chapters in responding to the dramatic spike in anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents on college campuses in the U.S.,” says LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus. “The Brandeis Center’s expanding nationwide law student chapter network is a critical step towards ensuring that the next generation of legal advocates can recognize anti-Semitism in all of its forms and fight back through legal means.” LDB law students have the opportunity to receive education and training on legal methods to combat campus anti-Semitism. Chapters will address harassment of Jewish college students and examine legal aspects of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement’s anti-Israel campaign. Throughout the year, select speakers will visit each campus and chapter leaders will have an opportunity to take part in the Brandeis Center’s annual National Law Student Leadership Conference. Regular programming for campus chapters will focus on Jewish civil rights advocacy, campus anti-Semitism, international human rights law, pro-Israel legal advocacy and counterterrorism legal policies. Law students of all backgrounds and faiths are welcomed to become members. “We are delighted to have opened a chapter of such an effective and powerful organization at the UW School of Law,” says new chapter President Ada Danelo and Vice President Natan Tubman. “It makes us proud to be able to play this small part in the battle against anti-Semitism and to promote civil rights.” LDB currently has chapters at the following schools across the country: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; Brooklyn Law School; Chicago Kent College of Law; City University of New York (CUNY) Law School; Cornell University School of Law; DePaul University College of Law; Emory University School of Law; Loyola University of Chicago School of Law; Northeastern University School of Law; University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law; University of Chicago School of Law; University of Minnesota School of Law; University of Pennsylvania School of Law; University of St. Thomas School of Law; University of Virginia School of Law; University of Washington School of Law; William Mitchell College of Law.