February 13, 2025 All-star lineup of lawyers band together to litigate antisemitism (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 2/06/2025 As the Trump administration’s Department of Education vows to open investigations into five universities alleged to have discriminated against Jewish students, more than a dozen prominent attorneys are joining together to exclusively litigate against antisemitism on campus and beyond, Jewish Insider has learned. Called the Center for Legal Innovation (CLI), the […] Media Coverage
February 13, 2025 Brandeis Center launches antisemitism litigation group advised by corporate, constitutional law partners (Reuters) Published by Reuters on 2/06/2025 Feb 6 (Reuters) – The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law said Thursday it is launching a new public interest legal group to take schools, companies, unions and other defendants to court over allegations of antisemitism. Brandeis Center founder and chairman Kenneth Marcus said the new group, […] Media Coverage
February 13, 2025 Lawyers Across Political Spectrum Launch Public Interest Team to Litigate Against Antisemitism (Law.com) Published by Law.com on 2/06/2025 Citing a rise in antisemitic crime, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law announced Thursday it created The Center for Legal Innovation (CLI), a public interest litigation group that will focus on using “the law to combat all forms of anti-Semitism”, including in the workplace, with regard […] Media Coverage
February 13, 2025 Department of Education launches antisemitism investigations into five universities (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 2/03/2025 The Department of Education is taking its first major action under the new administration to combat antisemitism, launching investigations into alleged antisemitic discrimination at Columbia University; the University of California, Berkeley; Portland State University; Northwestern University and University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. The Department of Education under the Biden […] Media Coverage
February 13, 2025 What Trump’s antisemitism executive order actually means for college students and schools (Forward) Published by Forward on 1/30/2025 The executive order on antisemitism signed by President Donald Trump Wednesday was far less sweeping than the rhetoric that preceded and surrounded it. But the order’s primary directive appeared to lay the groundwork for more dramatic action in the coming months, heartening those who believe such action is overdue while prompting fear […] Media Coverage
February 12, 2025 Supreme Court to hear case on Palestinian Authority’s ‘martyr’ payments (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 2/10/2025 The Supreme Court is set to hear a case in the coming months to decide whether American victims of Palestinian terror attacks can sue the Palestine Liberation Organization and Palestinian Authority for damages based on support for such attacks through the “pay for slay” program that compensates individuals who […] Media Coverage
January 28, 2025 Critics Denounce Harvard’s Decision to Adopt Controversial Definition of Antisemitism (IHE) Published by IHE on 1/28/2025 The definition has been at the center of debates over campus antisemitism for years. Now, Harvard has become the second university to officially add it into its nondiscrimination policy—to mixed reactions. Harvard University is facing backlash for its decision to incorporate the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism, a polarizing definition […] Media Coverage
January 23, 2025 Harvard agrees to adopt a broad definition of antisemitism to settle two lawsuits (NPR) Published by NPR on 1/22/2025 Harvard University has agreed to strengthen its policies against antisemitism on campus as part of a settlement of two federal lawsuits accusing the school of not doing enough to prevent antisemitic discrimination and harassment. Under the deal, Harvard will adopt the broad International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (“IHRA”) definition of antisemitism, which […] Media Coverage Highlights
January 23, 2025 Harvard University settles two antisemitism lawsuits one day after Trump takes office (CNN) Published by CNN on 1/21/2025 CNN- One day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who has said he would “remove the Jew haters” if reelected, Harvard University has settled two lawsuits accusing the Ivy League school of failing to protect Jewish students from antisemitic bullying and harassment on campus. In the settlement with the Louis D. Brandeis […] Media Coverage Highlights
January 22, 2025 Harvard University Reaches Campus Antisemitism Settlements (The Wall Street Journal) Ivy League school agrees to boost protections for Jewish students Published by The Wall Street Journal on 1/21/2025 Harvard University settled legal claims alleging the Ivy League school didn’t do enough to protect Jewish students against a wave of antisemitism on campus. As part of the settlements announced Tuesday, Harvard agreed to make clear in […] Media Coverage Highlights
January 22, 2025 Harvard Adopts a Definition of Antisemitism for Discipline Cases (The New York Times) Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement. Published by The New York Times on 1/21/2025 Harvard University will adopt a definition of antisemitism when investigating discipline cases as part of several moves meant […] Highlights Media Coverage
January 22, 2025 ‘A Watershed Moment’: Harvard, Settling Antisemitism Lawsuit, Promises To Implement ‘Strongest’ Protections of Jewish Students (NY Sun) ‘We now have a Harvard standard that other colleges will strive to meet,’ a leading authority on antisemitism and civil rights in higher education tells the Sun. Published by the NY Sun on 01/21/2025. Harvard University, as part of a settlement agreement to resolve two Title VI civil rights lawsuits levied against the school, will implement its […] Media Coverage Highlights
January 21, 2025 Harvard agrees to implement IHRA definition of antisemitism as part of settlement (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 01/21/2025. Harvard University has agreed to implement the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s working definition of antisemitism as part of a resolution to two Title VI lawsuits that it settled in federal court in Boston. One of the lawsuits, filed in May by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under […] Media Coverage
January 16, 2025 Many colleges are settling antisemitism cases. Some Republicans blast ‘toothless’ agreements (AP News) Published by AP News on 1/16/2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — Many colleges accused of tolerating antisemitism on their campuses have been settling with federal civil rights investigators in the weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, who urged a tougher response to campus protests against the war in Gaza. By settling with the Education Department, the schools […] Media Coverage Highlights
January 15, 2025 Universities work to settle discrimination cases in waning days of the Biden administration (Jewish Insider) Trump ran on a promise that, if reelected, U.S. universities would lose accreditation and federal support if they fail to stop the rising level of antisemitism that has roiled campuses nationwide since the Oct. 7 terror attacks in Israel Published by Jewish Insider on 1/13/2025 Universities across the country are scrambling to prepare for a tougher […] Highlights Media Coverage
January 15, 2025 How to Protect Civil Rights in Schools Without a Department of Education: Fmr. Assistant Sec. Kenneth L. Marcus (Epoch TV) Published on 12/14/2024 How to Protect Civil Rights in Schools Without a Department of Education: Fmr. Assistant Sec. Kenneth L. Marcus Highlights Media Coverage
January 15, 2025 Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right — and not just on Israel (JTA) Published by JTA on 12/15/24 As head of the nonprofit Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Kenneth Marcus was early — critics would say premature — in using aggressive legal tactics to fight antisemitism on college campuses and other public spaces. The former assistant secretary for civil rights in the first Trump administration, Marcus remembers when […] Media Coverage Highlights
December 18, 2024 Lawmakers, health care providers raise alarm about growing antisemitism in medical field (Jewish Insider) Published by Jewish Insider on 12/18/24 Rep. Jamie Raskin said he was ‘shocked and astonished’ by the degree of anti-Jewish discrimination among health care providers Speaking on a panel on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, lawmakers, medical professionals and Jewish community advocates sounded the alarm about the spread of antisemitism in the health care field, both within […] Media Coverage Highlights
November 27, 2024 Occidental College Settles OCR Complaint (Inside Higher Ed) Published by Inside Higher Ed on 11/27/24 Occidental College has settled with two nonprofit organizations focused on combating antisemitism over a federal Office for Civil Rights complaint that the campus was a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in the weeks and months following Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Under the settlement, reached with […] Media Coverage
November 26, 2024 ADL, Brandeis Center Reach Settlement With Occidental College (Jewish Journal) Published by the Jewish Journal on 11/26/24 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Louis Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law reached a settlement agreement with Occidental College over a Title VI complaint filed to the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) alleging that the college failed to properly address antisemitic incidents on campus. […] Media Coverage
November 26, 2024 Occidental College reaches agreement with Dept. of Education over Title VI complaint (Jewish Insider) Published by the Jewish Insider on 11/26/24. In response to a federal Title VI complaint filed against Occidental College in April alleging a “hostile environment” for Jewish and Israeli students, the Los Angeles-based private liberal arts college agreed on Tuesday to implement a series of initiatives to mend the campus climate, including the adoption of […] Media Coverage