The Center for Jewish Law & Judaic Studies (JLJS) offers students, faculty and community members the opportunity to explore Jewish legal and ethical thought through a multidisciplinary lens. Grounded in DePaul’s commitment to inclusion, service and academic excellence, JLJS fosters conversations at the intersection of tradition and contemporary legal practice.
Directed by Professor Steven Resnicoff—who holds advanced Orthodox rabbinic ordination from the late
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein—the Center provides a platform for lectures, public events and continuing legal education (CLE) programming that connect Jewish law to today’s legal and societal issues.
JLJS carries out its mission through the following core commitments:
- Educating diverse audiences on the ongoing relevance of Jewish law and ethics
- Providing CLE programs on legal issues intersecting with Jewish tradition
- Advancing rigorous scholarship in Jewish law and related disciplines
DePaul University and its College of Law have long supported Jewish students and fostered inclusive learning environments for all. Building on this tradition, JLJS provides students with access to leading scholars, meaningful mentorship and opportunities to engage with Jewish law in ways that bridge academic learning and real-world impact.
Support Us
Please consider contributing to support our programming and scholarship:
Donate to JLJSDonate to the JLJS Endowed Scholarship
Events
Upcoming Events
Details for upcoming events will be posted here, so check back often! Past events can be viewed
here.
Publications & Resources
Publications
JLJS E-News is distributed bimonthly and includes upcoming programming, news summaries, op-eds and videos on key topics. To join the mailing list, please email your contact information to jljs@depaul.edu.
Past editions can be viewed
here.
Resources
A curated resource list that supports Jewish law research for students, scholars and practitioners can be accessed
here. These links offer valuable tools for exploring legal, ethical and historical dimensions of Jewish law, but please note that each site is independently maintained. DePaul University and the College of Law are not responsible for any external content or terms of use.
Faculty Director & Advisory Boards
Faculty Director
Steven H. Resnicoff
Co-Chairs:
- David Levitt, Partner, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
- Phil Stern, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Members:
- Kenneth Anspach, Anspach Law Office
- Marc Bassewitz, William Harris Investors, Inc.
- Charles Bergen, Bergen Law Office
- Paula Kaplan Berger, Berger Law
- Sarah Blenner
- Marc N. Blumenthal, Principal, Law Office of Marc N. Blumenthal
- Brian H. Davis, Environmental Advantage Law PLLC; CEO, Clean Biz Horizons LLC
- Larry Fleischer
- John M. Geiringer, Partner, Barack Ferrazzano Financial Institutions Group
- Sheri Hokin, Principal, Hokin Sternberg Insurance Services
- Robert Kreisman, Kreisman Law Offices
- Stephen J. Landes, Of Counsel, Locke Lord LLP
- Arnold Landis, Law Offices of Arnold H. Landis
- Mitchell Lipkin, Partner, Lipkin & Higgins
- Rabbi Leonard Matanky
- Robert B. Millner, Partner, Dentons US LLP
- Alan E. Molotsky, General Counsel and CFO, Oak Ridge Investments, LLC
- Rabbi Michael Myers, Dean, Hebrew Theological College; Chair, Department of TaNaCH, Ida Crown Jewish Academy
- Judge Michael Panter
- Patti Ray, Hillel Director Emerita, Loyola University Chicago
- Curtis Ross, The Law Offices of Curtis Bennett Ross
- Michael Rothmann, Senior Attorney, Law Office of Martin L. Glink
- Orin S. Rotman, Principal, Stein & Rotman
- Matthew Rudolph
- Keith Shapiro, Shareholder, Greenburg Traurig, LLP
- Arnold G. Siegel, Principal, Law Offices of Arnold G. Siegel
- Stephanie Sklar, Senior Legal Editor, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters
- Alan E. Sohn, Principal, Law Offices of Alan E. Sohn Chartered
- Sheldon Stern, Executive Director, Buckingham Pavilion
- Steve Towbin
- Harvey Abramowitz, Purdue University Calumet
- William D. Adler, Northeastern Illinois University
- Shlomo Argamon, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Eliot Bartky, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
- Miriam Ben-Yoseph, DePaul University School for New Learning (Emeritus)
- Ellen Cannon, Northeastern Illinois University
- Amy Elman, Kalamazoo College
- Wiley Feinstein, Loyola University Chicago
- Richard Herman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ken Krimstein, DePaul University
- Jacob Lassner, Northwestern University
- Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University
- Michael H. LeRoy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, School of Labor & Employment Relations and College of Law
- Wayne Lewis, DePaul University College of Law (Emeritus)
- Charles Lipson, The University of Chicago
- Arthur Lubin, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Alan J. Malter, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Cary Nelson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Northwestern University
- Richard J. Ross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Law and College of History
- J. Samuel Tenenbaum, Northwestern University School of Law
Connect With Us
Contact Us
(312) 362-8137
jljs@depaul.edu