Johannesburg Our friends at the London-based UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) have announced, in their latest bulletin, the upcoming formations of promising lawyers’ groups in South Africa and the Netherlands. UKLFI notes that the only NGO in the world that does casework similar to their own is the Louis D. Brandeis Center and that the creation of lawyers’ groups in other countries is a welcome development. Here is an excerpt from UKLFI Bulletin #63, which is well worth reading, as are UKLFI’s other materials: South African Lawyers for Israel Barry Shaw … is so impressed with UK Lawyers for Israel that he is trying to get equivalent organisations established in The Netherlands and South Africa. The South African initiative is starting to take off. We are following the formation of South African Lawyers for Israel with great interest, and we look forward to liaising with the leadership of SALFI in due course. Two prominent South African activists, Leon Reich and Motty Sacks, are organising a dinner for top lawyers in Johannesburg to recruit members for SALFI. The leaders of the new NGO will be encouraged to liaise with UK Lawyers for Israel, “who have an established model which can be adapted to SA conditions.” There are numerous organisations of lawyers in various countries, but so far as I know (and I will happily be corrected) there is as yet no similar NGO which focuses on casework: except possibly the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights in Washington DC (which seems to be largely about campus antisemitism)…. UKLFI is correct in noting that the Brandeis Center’s principal focus is on combating campus anti-Semitism, although our mission is more broadly to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and advance justice for all. We thank UKLFI for their recognition, and we wish a lll the best to the incipient groups in South Africa and the Netherlands. Those who have legal connection with South Africa and who want to get involved are urged to contact David Abel.