The Jewish Law Students' Association (JLSA)

The Jewish Law Students Association serves the NUSL's vibrant Jewish community through diverse programs. Whether it is a cultural Shabbat dinner with other graduate students or speakers from Israel as well as the community, JLSA provides an active calendar with a variety of activities. Other events include networking opportunities and holiday celebrations bringing together the Chicago Jewish community.

 Tenative Calendar of Events

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Executive Board:

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President

Judah Fish

      30        -- Rosh Hashana

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Vice President

Anatoly Smolkin

 October

Treasurer

Ross Neihaus

      1         -- Rosh Hashana

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Of Counsel

Susan Abrams, Sarah Hoffman,   

Peter Price

      9          -- Yom Kippur

       14-15   -- Sukkot

      22        -- Simchat Torah

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 November

                 -- The Politics of Israel

 December

      22-29     -- Chanukah

 February

      9            -- Tu B'Shvat: Judaism and Ecology

 March

                    -- Purim

 April

                    -- Jewish Alternative Dispute Resolution

                                Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, Chief Judge of the Chicago Rabbinical Court

                    -- Religious Law in American Courts

                                (co-sponsored with Muslim Law Students Association and

                                 St. Thomas More Society)

                    -- Bioethics

                    -- Law, Morality, and the Supreme Court

                                (co-sponsored with the Federalist Society)

                    -- Religion and Government

                                (co-sponsored with the ACLU)

      9-16      -- Passover

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