Past 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 and 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 time 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

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.

Two Jewish communal professionals—one in the ESG world and the other in the Chicago Jewish advocacy arena—worked collaboratively to enlarge the circle of advocates and discuss how 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 were 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 time that ever-increasing resources are devoted to DEI, there has been an unprecedented explosion in virulent, hateful antisemitism.

This program—and its outstanding presenters—examined whether these two developments are interrelated. It explored 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.”

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

Video

Defining Antisemitism and Why It Matters: An In-Depth Exploration 
Virtual Symposium
April 26, 2022 (12:00–3:30 pm)

This symposium furthered 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. The closing keynote address, "The Importance of Defining Antisemitism," was provided by Bret L. Stephens of The New York Times.

Presenters: Steven H. Resnicoff, Professor and Faculty Director, DePaul College of Law, Center for Jewish Law and 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 and 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

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Video Part 1 
Video Part 2 
Video Part 3 (closing keynote)

Law vs. Antisemitism: Inaugural Conference (2-Day Symposium) 
March 14 and 15, 2022
6 hours were CLE available

Hosted by Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of 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 were available

This was 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 focused on the ongoing efforts of students at UIUC, represented by Arnold and Porter, to combat this pandemic. This was a critically important program not only for those in the Chicagoland area but for everyone concerned about the growth and spread of antisemitism.

Read a detailed discussion of the students' Complaint, filed with the U.S. Department of Education. On November 16, 2020, UIUC, the Jewish United Fund Chicago, Illini Hillel, Hillel International, Illini Chabad, Arnold and Porter, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law issued a joint statement committing to address issues regarding antisemitism at UIUC. 

Presenters: Alyza Lewin, President, The Louis D. Brandeis Center; John Lowenstein, Executive Director, Hillels of Illinois; Steven Resnicoff, Professor and Director of JLJS, DePaul College of Law; Baruch Weiss, Partner, Arnold and 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 and 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 addressed the following topics: (a) update on contemporary antisemitic challenges on campus; (b) students and 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)

DePaul Law professor Roberta Kwall discussed 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 discussed 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 and 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. We began this intensive all-day seminar by exploring the Nazi legal architecture that prepared the groundwork for the Holocaust and the actors that made it happen. We went on to 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 explored 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 included: Michael J. Bazyler, Professor and 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 and 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 exploded again and rockets covered the skies of Israel, bestselling Jewish author Tuvia Tenenbom offered 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 exposés 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 looked at the historical underpinnings of Israel and international law. The second program addressed, 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).

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 and 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", was interviewed by Michael Traison, Esq., a Jewish Communal activist in the United States, Poland and Israel. The traditional Kayl Maleh prayer and musical renditions was 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 and President of Shurat HaDin, Israel’s leading activist attorney, and author of the recently-published book "Harpoon", addressed 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 and 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 were 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 were offered

Presenter: Dr. Joshua Muravchik, a renowned international affairs expert and 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 were offered

Presenter: Dr. Joshua Muravchik, a renowned international affairs expert and 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 was 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 were 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 unique program that brought together top attorneys and provided 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 included: Keynote Speaker Scott Turow (author, "Presumed Innocent")

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 and 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

Presenter: Mitchell Lipkin, Principal of Lipkin and Higgins and a DePaul College of Law Alumnus (Class of 1985)

Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Liquidation of the Łódź 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 were 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 were 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 and 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 were 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

This Conference looked at "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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Rubenstein PC; Joel Chupack, Partner, Heinrich and 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 and 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