Events

When BDS Infects ESG: An International Case Study HQed in Chicago
February 9, 2023 (12:00-1:30 pm)
ESG is a revolution in the investment world. Trillions of ESG dollars are already under management, and tens of trillions more will be in the next few years. Accompanying that explosive growth is the importance of the ratings of such investments. In 2020 Chicago-based ratings heavyweight Morningstar Inc. bought Sustainalytics, Europe’s leading ESG rater. But they got more than they bargained for: they inherited the company’s BDS-friendly ESG assumptions, terminologies, news sources, and more. Hear from the two Jewish communal professionals - one in the ESG world and the other in the Chicago Jewish advocacy arena - who worked collaboratively and successfully, and who enlarged the circle of advocates – to bring about meaningful, if not (yet) total change.
Presenters: Marc Bassewitz, General Counsel, William Harris Investors (moderator); Julie Hammerman, CEO & Founder, JLens; Jay Tcath, Executive Vice President, Jewish United Fund Chicago

Antisemitic Influences in DEI Programs - Can They Be Corrected?
November 3, 2022
3 hours CLE credit available
Diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) are extremely important human rights ideals, and educational programming is an essential element in the effort to achieve them. On campus and in the workplace, there has been a dramatic and pervasive rise in DEI personnel and programming. At the same that ever-increasing resources are devoted to DEI, there has been an unprecedented explosion in virulent, hateful antisemitism. This program – and its outstanding presenters – examines whether these two developments are interrelated. It explores whether factors such as bias in DEI personnel, programs, and teachings deny the authentic Jewish experience and falsely label all Jews as merely part of the wrongfully “privileged White.”
Video available HERE 
Presenters: Ronald C. Albucher, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford University Medical School; Jason Bedrick, Research Fellow in the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation; Kenneth L. Marcus, Founder, Lewis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law; April Powers, Managing Director, First Impression RX; Suzanna Sherry, Professor of Law Emerita, Vanderbilt Law School

Defining Antisemitism and Why It Matters: An In-Depth Exploration
Virtual Symposium
April 26, 2022 (12:00–3:30 pm)
Join us on our journey to define antisemitism. Why? Hate crimes against Jews have been on the rise over the past few years, and we believe that reaching an understanding of what antisemitism truly means is the first step in identifying ways to combat it. A closing keynote address, "The Importance of Defining Antisemitism," by Bret L. Stephens of The New York Times.
For more information, click HERE
Agenda available HERE
Video of Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 (closing keynote)
Presenters include: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor and Faculty Director, DePaul College of Law, Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies; Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Jewish Affairs, AJC; Marc D. Bassewitz, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Vivaldi Capital Management LLC; Carly F. Gammill, Director, Center for Combating Antisemitism, StandWithUs; Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Esq., Director, National Jewish Advocacy Center; David H. Levitt, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP and Chair, JLJS Advisory Board; Kenneth L. Marcus, Esq., Founder and Chairman, The Louis D. Brandeis Center; Rabbi Dr. Mark Goldfeder, Esq., Director, National Jewish Advocacy Center

Law vs. Antisemitism: Inaugural Conference (2-Day Symposium)
March 14 and 15, 2022
6 hours CLE available
Hosted by Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
For more information and speakers, click HERE 

Misusing the Apartheid Label to Libel - Amnesty International & Israel
February 21, 2022 (12:15-1:15 pm)
1 hour CLE available
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor and Faculty Director, DePaul College of Law, Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies

Using Law to Fight Antisemitism
November 4, 2021 (5:15-7:15 pm)
This program is sponsored by the Decalogue Foundation and the Decalogue Society of Lawyers, and is co-sponsored by: (1) the DePaul University College of Law Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (JLJS); and (2) the American Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists (AAJLJ)
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, DePaul College of Law ("Free" Speech - At What Cost?); Diane Klein, Southern University Law Center (Is Critical Race Theory Antisemitic?); Robert A. Katz, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law (When Is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Training Discriminatory Under the Law?)

Free Speech and Hatred - The Trial of Aaron Sapiro v. Henry Ford
February 18, 2021 (11:45-1:15 pm)
1.5 hours CLE available
This is the first of several planned programs focusing on the tensions between protecting free speech values and other individual and group rights.

Combating Antisemitism at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
January 19, 2021 (11:45-1:15 pm)
Antisemitism is a virus that pervades many college campuses. This free webinar focuses on the ongoing efforts of students at UIUC, represented by Arnold & Porter, to combat this pandemic. This is a critically important program not only for those in the Chicagoland area but for everyone concerned about the growth and spread of antisemitism.
A detailed discussion of the students' Complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Education, may be found HERE. On November 16, 2020, UIUC, the Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Illini Chabad, Arnold & Porter, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued a joint statement committing to address issues regarding antisemitism at UIUC. The statement may be found HERE.
Presenters: Alyza Lewin, President, The Louis D. Brandeis Center; John Lowenstein, Executive Director, Hillels of Illnois; Steven Resnicoff, Professor & Director of JLJS, DePaul College of Law; Baruch Weiss, Partner, Arnold & Porter

Christian Blood Libels Against Jews
November 23, 2020 (12:00 pm)
Presenter: Dr. David Gurevich, Bar-Ilan University

Nuremberg Trials - Justice not Vengeance
November 18, 2020 (5:00 pm)
Sponsored by The Simon Wiesenthal Center- Midwest Region
Presenters: Rabbi Marvin Hier, CEO and president of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) and its Museum of Tolerance; Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor & Director of JLJS, DePaul College of Law; Major General (Ret.) Charles E. Tucker, Jr., United States Air Force

Major International Conference Of Contributing Authors To An Upcoming Oxford University Press Book On Jewish Law
June 2-3, 2020

Loop Synagogue Program
May 20, 2020 (5:30-7:30 pm) at the Loop Synagogue
The program will address the following topics: (a) update on contemporary antisemitic challenges on campus; (b) students & faculty: know your rights; (c) First Amendment, hate speech and the executive order: drawing lines; and (d) codifying the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism.
Presenters: Jonathan Bell, Esq.; David Levitt, Esq.; Peggy Shapiro.

Virtual Launch of “REMIX JUDAISM : Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World”
April 2, 2020 (12:00 pm)
Join DePaul Law professor Roberta Kwall as she discusses her new book “REMIX JUDAISM : Preserving Tradition in a Diverse World”.
Presenter: Roberta Kwall, DePaul University College of Law

“From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran”
March 17, 2020 (11:45-1:30 pm) at DePaul Center
Jacqueline Saper discusses her experiences as a Jew in Iran in the 1970s, during a time when public chants of "Death to Israel" (and "Death to America") were commonly heard, is especially important.
Presenter: Jacqueline Saper, author “From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran”

Holocaust & The Law: Lessons for Today
February 9, 2020 (all day)
Co-sponsored with Chicago Kent College of Law's Center for National Security and Human Rights Law
Although seventy-five years have passed, the impact of the Holocaust continues to reverberate to this day. In this intensive all-day seminar, we will begin by exploring the Nazi legal architecture that prepared the groundwork for the Holocaust and the actors that made it happen. We will discuss how the world brought the perpetrators to justice, and how those lessons were incorporated into contemporary war crimes trials and integrated in modern litigation. Finally, we will explore the role of the bystander and address ways in which our society can properly immunize itself to help ensure that such dark historical events are never repeated.
Presenters include: Michael J. Bazyler, Professor & 1939 Society Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies, Dale E. Fowler School of Law, Chapman University; John M. Geiringer, Partner, Barack Ferrazzano; Co-Director, C-K Center for National Security and Human Rights Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law; Amos N. Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah; Cathy Lesser Mansfield, Professor of Law, Case Western University School of Law; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law & Director of Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies, DePaul University College of Law; Adam Weber, Director of the International Trial Advocacy LL.M. Program + Lecturer, Chicago-Kent College of Law

Antisemitism Uncovered - Here and Abroad - Motives, Biases, and Manipulations
November 21, 2019
Lunchtime program at DePaul Law Lewis 346 (11:45-1:30 pm)
Evening program at B'nai Joshua Beth Elohim (BJBE) (7:30-9:30 pm)
As the Middle East explodes again, and rockets cover the skies of Israel, we have invited bestselling Jewish author, Tuvia Tenenbom, to DePaul University, to offer an opportunity for the students and residents of Chicago to hear about the Middle East conflict from a fresh and different perspective. Tenenbom's investigative exposes on antisemitic organizations and activists in the United States, Israel and Europe have been bestsellers.
Presenter: Tuvia Tenenbom, author (“I Sleep in Hitler's Room”; “The Lies They Tell”), undercover reporter, playwright, and artistic director of The Jewish Theater of New York.

Israel and International Law - The Historical Underpinnings (Program 1)
BDS Tactics - The Limits Of Offense And Defense (Program 2)
April 11, 2019 (11:45-3:00 pm, 90 minutes per program)
The first program looks at the historical underpinnings of Israel and international law. The second program will address, among other things, the different tactics employed by various pro-Israel organizations to combat the BDS movement. See, for example, Edwin Black's article, "Canary Mission is Effective Against BDS," published by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) HERE. 
Presenter: Edwin Black, New York Times Best-Selling Author (“IBM and the Holocaust,” “The Transfer Agreement”)

The Constitutionality of State Anti-BDS Laws
April 9, 2019 (3:00 pm)
Sponsored by the DePaul College of Law's student chapter of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law
Presenter: Eugene Kontorovich, Antonin Scalia Law School

“Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor:” A Conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi & Walid Issa
November 12, 2018 (12:00-2:00 pm)
Presenters: Klein Halevi and Walid Issa, authors (“Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor,” “Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation” (Halevi only))

Kristallnacht Remembered
November 8, 2018, at the Chicago Loop Synagogue (6:00 pm)
Andrew Nagorski, author of Hitlerland: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power, will be interviewed by Michael Traison, Esq., a Jewish Communal activist in the United States, Poland and Israel. The traditional Kayl Maleh prayer and musicial renditions will be sung by Cantors Alberto Mizrahi of Anshe Emet Synagogue and Steven Stoehr of Congregation Beteh Shalom of Northbrook.
Presenters: Andrew Nagorski, Michael Traison

Jewish Law – Postmortem Sperm Removal
November 6, 2018, at DePaul Center
Co-sponsored by the Mary and Michael Jaharis Health Law Institute
Presenter: Presenter: Dr. Avishalom Westreich, Esq., Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer), Law School, College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan; Research Fellow, Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem; former Visiting Scholar at The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics, Harvard Law School

Battling Terrorism in the Courts
Oct. 26, 2018, at the Chicago Loop Synagogue (12:00-1:25 pm)
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Founder & President of Shurat HaDin, Israel’s leading activist attorney, and author of the the recently-published book Harpoon, will address how terrorism can be successfully combated in the courts. Darshan-Leitner has been named by the Jerusalem Post as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world.
Presenter: Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Founder & President of Shurat HaDin

Sharia Tribunals, Rabbinical Courts, and Christian Panels: What is the Future of Religious Arbitration in America?
March 22, 2018
1.5 hours of Professional Responsibility – Diversity/Inclusion CLE offered
Presenter: Michael J. Broyde, Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law and a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Law Religion at Emory University. His primary areas of interest are law and religion, Jewish law and ethics, and comparative religious law.

Book Lecture: Making David into Goliath: How the West Turned Against Israel
February 6, 2018 at B’nai Tikvah (8:00 pm)
1.25 hours of CLE offered
Presenter: Dr. Joshua Muravchik, a renowned international affairs expert and currently a Distinguished Fellow at the World Affairs Institute in D.C.

Making David into Goliath: Has the Left Betrayed its Commitment to Human Rights and if so, What is to be Done About it?
February 6, 2018 at DePaul (11:45 am)
1.25 hours of CLE offered
Presenter: Dr. Joshua Muravchik, a renowned international affairs expert and currently a Distinguished Fellow at the World Affairs Institute in D.C.

How Anti-Israel Propaganda is Insinuated into Assigned School Materials: A Case Study
January 23rd, 2018 (12:00 pm)
1 hour of CLE offered
Presenters: Toby Rosner; Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University.

The Gerald C. Bender Memorial Lecture - "The Israeli Supreme Court: A Force For or Against Democracy?”
December 3, 2017
2 hours of CLE credit offered
Presenters: Keynote Speaker: Professor Steven Resnicoff, DePaul University, Professor of Law Director of JLJS; Featured Speaker: Rabbi Yona Reiss, JD, Av Bet Din, Chicago Rabbinical Council; Robert W. Matanky, President of Matanky and Matanky, Ltd.

Between the Lines: Voices of Israel, Stories Untold
October 31, 2017 (12:00-1:00 pm)
Two inspiring young Israelis, Shir and Carlos, shared their stories – their struggles, their successes, and their hopes and dreams. They spoke about what it is actually like to live in a country that is the subject of so much discussion in the media and on campus.

Intersecting Identities: Black And Jewish In America 2017
October 26, 2017 (11:50-12:50 pm)
Presenter: Stacey Aviva Flint, the Outreach and Engagement Coordinator and member at West Suburban Temple Har Zion in River Forest, Illinois

The First Amendment and Combating Antisemitism Online
October 19, 2017 (12:00-1:30 pm)
1.5 units of CLE offered
Presenters: Amy Stoken, Chicago Regional Director at American Jewish Committee (AJC) and Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University

The 4th Annual National Conference of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists
September 12, 2017
JLJS co-sponsored this is unique program that brings together top attorneys and provides fascinating legal presentations on issues of Jewish interest and comparisons between Jewish and American law. Famed author and lawyer, Scott Turow, presented the lunch keynote.
Presenters include: Keynote Speaker Scott Turow (author "Presumed Innocent")

How Political Correctness Chokes off Serious Debate
May 7, 2017 (4:30-6:00 pm)
Presenter: Raheel Raza, a leading global voice against Islamist extremism is President of The Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, founding member of The Muslim Reform Movement, author of the book Their Jihad – Not My Jihad, award winning journalist, public speaker, and advocate for human rights, gender equality and dignity in diversity.

Ivory Tower Terror
May 7, 2017 (11:30-1:30 pm)
Presenters: Professor Steven Resnicoff, DePaul University College of Law; Raheel Raza, President of The Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow

US-Israel Relations 100 Days into the Trump Administration: Legal and Political Perspectives
April 26, 2016 (12:00-1:30 pm)
1.5 units of CLE credit offered
The program featured a presentation by Udi Sommer, the Israel Institute Visiting Professor at the Department of Political Science at Columbia University of New York. He is a tenured senior faculty member at the Political Science Department at Tel Aviv University and a member of the Israeli Young National Academy of Science.
Video of the lecture can be found HERE. 
Presenter: Udi Sommer, Columbia University

DePaul University Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
April 24, 2016 (7 pm)
The Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (JLJS) co-sponsored a Holocaust Remembrance Day event along with University Ministry, DePaul Jewish Life & Metro Chicago Hillel, and The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. The program featured testimony by two survivors of several concentration camps and the screening of a film entitled "Surviving Skokie."

Let There Be Water
February 14, 2017 (1-2:30 pm)
Lecture by author, Seth M. Siegel. In “Let There Be Water,” author Seth M. Siegel tells the story of how Israel has been jumping ahead of the water-innovation curve for decades. As the world enters a long period of water scarcity, Israel is a model for what the world must do with its precious water resources. Siegel has been a strong voice for action before audiences around the world, advocating awareness before the water problem becomes a humanitarian crisis.
Video of the lecture can be found HERE. 
Presenter: Seth M. Siegel, author “Let There By Water”

The Sexual Trafficking of Humans in the U.S.
February 8, 2017 (11:50-1:50 pm)
Video of the lecture can be found HERE
Presenters: Donna Fishman, JCAST Chicago Heather Ross, Partner with Ross & Zuckerman, LLP; Melissa Banerjee, CAASE

Responding to Antisemitism in the UN (& other International Institutions): What Can America Do?
December 11, 2016 (9:30-12:00 pm)
Presenters: David Levitt, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP (and member of JLJS Advisory Board); Professor Steven Resnicoff, DePaul University College of Law; Amy Stoken, Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee; Michael Weil, Esq. Patent Attorney

Religious Freedom Throughout the World
November 15, 2016 (11:45-1:15 pm)
1.5 units of CLE credit offered
Rabbi David N. Saperstein spoke on the work to promote religious freedom around the world and to fight religious persecution, discrimination, and genocide by groups like ISIS. United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein is a principal advisor to the President and Secretary of State and serves as the United States’ chief diplomat on issues of religious freedom worldwide.
Video of the lecture can be found HERE
Presenter: Rabbi David N. Saperstein, United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.

Antisemitism in the Arab World: An Obstacle to Arab-Israeli Peace
November 1, 2016 (11:30- 1:30 pm)
Video of the lecture can be found HERE
Presenters: Dr. Benny Morris, Professor of History, Middle East Studies, Ben-Gurion University; Dr. Salim Mansur, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario

The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
June 5, 2016
This is the first year that JLJS co-sponsored the event and had a table at the festival.

Ivy Tower Terror: New Approaches for Fighting Anti-Semitism on Campus
May 22, 2016 at Congregation K.I.N.S
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law

The Search for the White Rose- Holocaust Remembrance Day Event
May 4, 2016
Presenters: Dr. Adina Sella, Holocaust Survivor; Peter Logue, Director and creator of “The Search for the White Rose”; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law; Sara Kimble, Assistant Professor (Moderator)

Winning the War Against the New Anti-Semitism
April 26, 2016
Presenter: Caroline Glick, Senior contributing and chief columnist for the Jerusalem Post, Senior Columnist for Marriv, Director of the Israeli Security Project at the David Horowitz Freedom Center in L.A., and the adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington D.C.

Awakening the World to the Persecution of Christians Throughout the Middle East
April 12, 2016
The world is witnessing the brutal and barbaric persecution of Christians in huge swathes of the Middle East. The Christians face an existential threat throughout most of the region. A once thriving and culturally rich community, the Middle Eastern Christian community has seen its historic churches desecrated and destroyed and, even more tragically, its people ruthlessly ravaged, forcibly converted and murdered. The Western World can no longer claim it is unaware of the nature or extent of this persecution. It must awaken, react and rescue.
Video of the event is available HERE 
Presenters: John Eibner, the CEO of Christian Solidarity International-USA Dexter Van Zile, the Christian Media Analyst for CAMERA; Robert Nicholson, Executive Director of the Philos Project; Juliana Taimoorazy, Founder and President of the Iraqi Christian Relief Council

Legal Ethics Program: Illinois & Jewish Approaches to Issues Raised on TV
March 6, 2016, at Congregation B’nai Tikvah
Presenters: Professor Cliff Scott- Rudnick, The John Marshall Law School; Professor Steven H. Resnicoff, DePaul University

Legal Strategies for Defeating Anti-Semitism
December 6, 2015
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law; Honorable Roey Gilad, Counsel General of Israel for the Midwest; Rabbi Yonah Reiss, Head of the Chicago Rabbinical Council’s Rabbinical Court; Charles Jacobs, Head of Americans for Peace and Tolerance and co-founder of the David Project

Protecting Our Children from Sexual Abuse in the Jewish Community
November 8, 2015
Sexual abuse of children occurs in all communities, the Orthodox Jewish community included. To tackle this problem, we must understand how to look for and recognize signs of abuse, to determine when “reasonable suspicion” of abuse exists, to report such suspicion, and to appreciate what will happen once a report has been made. The community must unite to protect children from this serious peril and to assist the ongoing emotional pain of past victims. This panel of experts in Judaism, counseling, psychology, and law enforcement addresses all of these issues.
Video of the event is available HERE. 
Presenters: Rabbi Yosef Blau, Spiritual Advisor to Students, Yeshiva University; Dr. Michael J. Salamon, PhD, FICPP Rena Gopin-Wolf; Sharon Kanter, Assistant State’s Attorney for Cook County; Detective Charles Hollendoner, Special Investigations Unit of the Chicago Police Department; Professor Steven Resnicoff, Moderator, DePaul University College of Law

Israel, the Media and International Court of Criminal Justice
November 3, 2015
Presenter: Yonah Jeremy Bob, legal affairs and international affairs commentator for the Jerusalem Post

The Culture and Law of Homosexuality in Judaism
April 23, 2015
Presenter: Professor Roberta Kwall, DePaul University College of Law

Consensual and Non-Consensual Sexual Conduct: Comparing and Contrasting the Regulation of Doctors and Lawyers
April 16, 2015
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University College of Law; Azeema Akram, Assistant General Counsel of the Illinois Division of Professional Regulation

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanction Movement: Is it Anti-Semitic
February 26, 2015
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law at DePaul University; Attorney Joseph A. Morris

The Case for Israel’s Borders
February 12, 2015
Presenter: Eugene Kontorovich, Professor of Law at Northwestern University

Bender Memorial Lecture: “How to Combat Anti-Semitism/Anti-Zionism from a Legal (Jewish & American) Perspective”
December 7, 2014
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor of Law at DePaul University, Keynote Speaker; The Honorable Roey Gilad, Israel Consul General for the Midwest; Rabbi Yona Reiss, Head of the Chicago Rabbinical Council’s Rabbinical Court

Lawfare: Using the Law as a Weapon of War Against Israel and other Western Democracies: How West Legal Systems and the U.N. are Being Manipulated to Silence and Punish Free Speech about Terrorism
November 10, 2014
Presenter; Ms. Brooke Goldstein, Esq., Director of The Lawfare Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about and facilitating a response to the abuse of Western legal and human rights law

Lawful Islamism: A Greater Threat than Terrorism
October 7, 2014
Presenter: Dr. Daniel Pipes, founder and president of the Middle East Forum

Welcome Reception at DePaul for Jewish Students
September 3, 2014
Mitchell Lipkin, Principal of Lipkin & Higgins and a DePaul College of Law Alumnus (Class of 1985)

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liquidation of the Lodz Ghetto
August 28, 2014
JLJS co-sponsored this commemoration, which was held at the Union League Club.

The ABC’s of BDS – a workshop for faculty throughout Chicagoland
August 18, 2014
This workshop trained interested Chicagoland faculty how to help protect students form anti-Semitic intimidation and conduct that so often accompanies pro-BDS advocacy and how to educate students and others regarding the issues underlying the BDS movement.

People of the Book: Judaism and Constitutional Law
April 3, 2014
7 CLE Credits offered

American Jewish Identity: Law vs. Culture
Presenter: Roberta R. Kwall, DePaul University College of Law

Cultural Connections, liberal Judaism, and Constitutional Theory
Presenters: Susan A. Bandes, DePaul University College of Law; Randy E. Barnet, Georgetown Law Center; William Forbath, University of Texas School of Law; Ariela Gross, University of Southern California Gould School of Law

Cultural Connections, Traditional Judaism, and Constitutional Theory
Presenters: Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law School; Noah Feldman, Harvard Law School; Mark D. Rosen, ITT Chicago-Kent College of Law

Specific Judaic Applications to Constitutional Theory
Presenters: Perry Dane, Rutgers University School of Law – Camden; David Flatto, Penn State Law School; David L. Franklin, DePaul University College of Law; Eugene Kontorovich, Northwestern University College of Law; Richard Primus, University of Michigan College of Law

Anti-Semitism and Constitutional Theory
Presenters: Alexander Tsesis, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Laura Weinrib, University of Chicago Law School Israel and Constitutional Theory; Sandy Levinson, University of Texas School of Law – Austin; Frank Michelman, Harvard Law School

Jewish Law Identity and the Practice of Law
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, DePaul University College of Law

Law and Israel Series
4.5 CLE Credits offered

Practicing Law with Israel and Other Foreign Countries
January 29, 2014
Presenter: Ira Piltz, Law Offices of Ira Piltz



Legal and Business Developments in Israel
December 4, 2013
Presenter: Ariel Yehezkel, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Representing Victims of International Terrorism in Civil Litigation
November 13, 2013
Presenter: Gavriel Mairone, MM-Law LLC

Fall Community Conference: Repairing a Broken World: Comparative Perspectives on Social Justice
October 24, 2013
6 CLE Credits offered

The (Spiritual) Politics of Reluctance: Tikkun Olam as (Kabbalistic) Virtue
Presenters: Rabbi Martin Cohen, Shelter Rock Jewish Center, Roslyn, NY and Senior Editor, New Paradigm Matrix, NY “Tikkun (Ha) Olam: Particular or Universal”; Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, Illinois “Tikkun Olam: Social or Halakhic Imperative?”; Adena Berkowitz, Visiting Lecturer, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, NYC

Repairing the World Day by Day
Presenters: Judge Renee G. Goldfarb, Domestic Relations Division Circuit Court of Cook County and past president, Shalva; Tamar Shertok, former Missions Associate at Jewish United Fund and first year law student, DePaul University

Reunifying "Tikkun Olam" for the Entire Jewish World
Presenter: Rabbi Asher Lopatin, President, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, NYC

Human Artistry as Tikkun Olam
Presenter: Roberta R. Kwall, Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law, DePaul University

Catholic Panel of Responses
Presenter: John Breen, Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law; Thomas Judge, Adjunct Professor and Chaplain, DePaul University Ministry

Jewish Panel of Responders
Presenters: Steven Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law; Alexei Sivertsev, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, DePaul University

Universal Jurisdiction as a Tool of Lawfare
April 24, 2013
Presenter: Irit Kohn, President, International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists

Spring Community Conference (Spertus Institute and UIC Medical School): Judaism, Health and Healing
April 14, 2013
The Circumcision Debate: Medical and Legal Implications
Presenter: Steven Resnicoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University, Chicago

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders and Eating Disorders
Presenter: Neil Bockian, PhD. Professor of Clinical Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology

Spirituality and Health
Presenter: Rabbi Suzanne Griffel, Chaplain, Midwest Palliative & Hospice Care Center 

Preventive Care/ Genetic Testing
Presenters: Nanette Elster, Adjunct Faculty, John Marshall Law School and Lecturer, Loyola University; Joshua Sarnoff, Professor of Law, DePaul University, Chicago

Organ Donation and Transplant Issues
Presenters: Jack Bierig, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Michael Broyde, Professor of Law, Emory University, Atlanta

Clinical and Pastoral Responses to Judaism
Presenter: Rabbi Joseph Ozarowski, Chaplain, Jewish Healing Network of Chicago

Abuse within the Jewish Community across the Age Span: Historical, Cultural, Religious and Psychological Perspectives
Presenters: Vivian Skolnick PhD, Faculty, Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis; Susan Zoline PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Argosy University

Comparative American and Israeli Healthcare
Presenter: Stan Lapidos M.S

End of Life Issues and Jewish Law
Presenters: Sheldon Berkowitz MD, Medical Director, Children’s Hospitals and Clinics, Minnesota; Aron Buchman, MD, Associate Professor, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago; Sherry Brandt-Rauf, Associate Research Scholar at the Center for the Study of Society and Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago; James Tulsky MD, Director, Duke Center for Public Health and Professor of Medicine and Nursing, Duke University; Rabbi Michael Broyde, Professor of Law, Emory University, Atlanta

Tulsky Symposium: Judaism and Reproduction
Presenters: Nanette Elster, Adjunct Faculty, John Marshall Law School and Lecturer, Loyola University; Rachel Kohl Finegold, Ritual and Education Director, Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel, Chicago; Elan Simckes M.D., Medical Director of The Fertility Partnership and President and Senior Partner, Women’s Care and Fertility, St. Louis

Fighting Terrorism in the Courtroom: Problems and Solutions
March 12, 2013
Presenters: Stephen J. Landes, Partner, Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP; Barry Jonas, U.S. Attorney’s office, NSD Counterterrorism Section

Targeted Killing and the Law
February 26, 2013
Presenter: Amos Guiora, Professor of Law, University of Utah

Israel's Borders under International Law
December 5, 2012
Presenter: Eugene Kontorovich, Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law

Women's Issues in American and Jewish Law
October 17, 2012
Presenter: Donna Litman, Professor of Law, Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University

Why Law Matters Beyond the Jewish Denominations
October 10, 2012
Presenter: Roberta Kwall, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Understanding Jewish Law
September 12, 2012
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Taking Beit Din (Rabbinical Court) Judgments into Secular Court
May 30, 2012
Presenter: Michael Helfand, Associate Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law and Associate Director, Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies

Jewish Ethics and Legal Ethics: Comparisons and Contrasts
May 30, 2012
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Reporting Child Sexual Abuse to Secular Authorities: Jewish Law Perspectives
May 30, 2012
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Anti-Semitism on the College Campus & Free Speech
May 30, 2012
Presenter: Rabbi Capers Funnye, Spiritual Leader Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation

Jewish Process Thought and Copyright Policy: Discussion of Kelley v. Chicago Park District (7th Cir. 2011)
February 16, 2012
Presenter: Roberta Kwall, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Is Law a Suitable Career for a Good Jewish Boy or Girl? - Clashes and Commonalities
December 18, 2011
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Effective Counterterrorism and the Protection of Civil Liberties
September 21, 2011
Presenter: Amos N. Guiora, Professor, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah

The Post 9/11 International Legal Paradigm
September 13, 2011
Presenter: Yehoshua Gurtler, Associate in Litigation and Dispute Resolution at the Tel Aviv firm of Herzog, Fox and Neeman

Collaborative Efforts and Innovation: Jewish Thought and the Law
April 7, 2011
Presenter: Tal Zarsky, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa

Judicial Amnesia and the Historical Record in Nazi-looted Art litigation
March 9, 2011
Presenter: Jennifer Kreder, Associate Professor of Law, Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law

Common Problems in the Representation of Jewish Clients
January 20, 2011
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law; Kenneth Lasson, Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law

Jewish Estate Planning and the Estate of Feinberg
December 8, 2010
Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law; Robert Romanoff, Partner, Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC.

Choshen Mishpat versus the ABA Model Rules of Conduct: Do Jewish Attorneys Answer to a Higher Authority for Business and Legal Ethics
October 27, 2010
Presenter: Shayna M. Crincoli, Associate Professor of Law, Touro Law Center

Israel’s Right to Self-Defense under International Law
October 19, 2010
Presenters: Arthur Lenk, Director of International Law, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Col. Liron Liebman, Head of the International Law Department, Israel Defense Forces

The Mohammed al Dura “Hoax”
October 15, 2010
Presenters: Philippe Karsenty, Media Analyst, Deputy Mayor of Neuilly; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Founding a Nation/Constituting a People: American and Judaic Perspectives (Symposium)
May 13, 2010
Presenters: Rabbi J. David Bleich, Herbert and Florence Tenzer Chair in Jewish Law and Ethics, Yeshiva University; Rabbi Aaron Levine, Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics, Yeshiva University; Jeremy Rabkin, Professor of Law, George Mason School of Law; Michael Broyde, Professor of Law and Academic Director, Law and Religion Program, Emory University School of Law; Gary Jacobsohn, H. Malcolm MacDonald Professor in Constitutional & Comparative Law, University of Texas at Austin; David Novak, Professor of the Study of Religion and Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto; Joshua Berman, Professor of Bible, Bar-Ilan University; Dov Zakheim, Booz Allen Hamilton

Nation Building, Ancient and Modern: The Biblical Model for the American Experience
May 13, 2010
Presenters: Dov Zakheim, PhD, Senior Partner, Booz Allen Hamilton; Steve Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Moral Rights: Jewish Roots, American Law and Global Implications
April 14, 2010
Presenter: Roberta R. Kwall, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Double Dipping: A Comparison of American and Jewish approaches to the Collateral Source Rule
February 17, 2010
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Issues in Genetic Engineering: Jewish and American Legal Perspectives
January 27, 2010
Presenters: Nanette Elster, Director, DePaul University College of Law Health Law Institute; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Intellectual Property Law and Jewish Law: A Comparative Perspective on Absolutism
November 9, 2009
Presenters: David Lange, Duke University School of Law; Roberta R. Kwall, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Debtor Collection and Bankruptcy – A Comparison of Jewish and American Law
November 4, 2009
Presenter: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University College of Law

Access to Justice – The Challenge of Working in Disempowered Communities
Presenter: Sharon Sionov, Director, Clinical Legal Education Center for Human Rights and Social Responsibility, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Ethical Issues in Jewish and American Jurisprudence
Presenters: Elliot Dorff, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, American Jewish University, Los Angeles; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University

Condominiums and Mezuzahs – What’s the Hang-up
February 26, 2009
Presenters: Helen Block, Principal, Helen Block PC; Steven Blonder, Principal, Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein PC; Joel Chupack, Partner, Heinrich & Kramer PC; Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor, DePaul University

Moral Rights in the Talmud: The Case of Attribution
Presenter: Marc Shapiro, Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies, University of Scranton

Sense and Censorship: Is Historical Truth An Orthodox Value?
Presenter: Marc Shapiro, Associate Professor of Theological Ethics and Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies, University of Scranton

From Maimonides to Microsoft: The Jewish Law of Copyright since the Birth of Print
October 27, 2008
Presenters: Neil W. Netanel, Professor of Law, UCLA; David Nimmer, Of Counsel, Irell & Manella LLP, Los Angeles, and Visiting Professor of Law, UCLA

The American Declaration of Independence as a Theological Imperative
September 18, 2008
Presenter: Zohar Raviv, Associate Professor, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies