American University
Washington College of Law Present
National Security and Human Rights: Lessons from the United States and Israel
A Program in Honor of the US-Israel Civil Liberties Fellowship
Sponsored by the Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the New Israel Fund
January 31, 2007, 6:30 PM –8:00PM
Room 603, American University Washington College of Law
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603, Washington, DC 20016
Welcome Remarks: Claudio Grossman, Dean, AU Washington College of Law;
Panelists: Professor Robert K. Goldman, AU Washington College of Law; Professor Neta Ziv, Tel Aviv University (Law Fellow, 1985-1986); Professor Herman Schwartz, AU Washington College of Law; Jamil Dakwar, American Civil Liberties Union (formerly Adalah) (Law Fellow, 1997-1998)
Moderator: Professor Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center
The New Israel Fund (NIF) and American University Washington College of Law (WCL) established the Israel-U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program in 1984 to develop a cadre of dedicated and well-trained lawyers to promote human rights and justice in Israel. Now in its 23rd year, the program has become a mainstay of Israel's progressive legal and non-profit community, with graduates now working on diverse aspects of human rights advocacy. The program provides intensive exposure to both the theory and practice of human rights law. Participating attorneys spend one year in the United States, obtaining a Master's in Human Rights Law (LL.M.) from WCL and serving internships with American public interest groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. They then return to Israel and spend their second year working full‑time with Israeli public interest organizations with a stipend funded by NIF. Recent Law Fellows have worked at a wide range of organizations, including: Adalah - the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights; ACRI - the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, IRAC - the Israel Religious Action Center, and others
