{"id":49987,"date":"2026-09-02T11:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=49987"},"modified":"2026-09-02T11:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:59:20","slug":"law-students-for-justice-in-palestine-barred-from-tabling-at-berkeley-law-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/02\/law-students-for-justice-in-palestine-barred-from-tabling-at-berkeley-law-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Students for Justice in Palestine barred from tabling at Berkeley Law event"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Ingrid%20Lu\">Ingrid Lu | Staff<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sep 1, 2026 (DailyCal.org)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/dailycal.org\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/e\/3f\/e3f9931b-488c-4420-949e-7c0dc864827e\/6a963f8c71ff3.image.png?resize=400%2C258\" alt=\"lsjp_alison yang_ss.png\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>In March, the UC Board of Regents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/uc-berkeley-settles-with-brandeis-center-over-allegations-of-antisemitism\/article_2915c2a5-6163-445d-9407-ba2a8b8d9dfa.html\">settled<\/a>\u00a0a lawsuit from the Brandeis Center alleging that UC Berkeley failed to respond to antisemitic harassment and discrimination. The settlement resulted in a policy that campus law student organizations cannot have bylaws restricting event speakers.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/users\/profile\/Alison%20Yang\">Alison Yang | Senior Staff<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Law Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley Law said in an Instagram post last week that it was banned from tabling at UC Berkeley School of Law\u2019s Student Activities Fair because of the group\u2019s \u201clongstanding\u201d bylaw barring Zionist speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the UC Board of Regents&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/uc-berkeley-settles-with-brandeis-center-over-allegations-of-antisemitism\/article_2915c2a5-6163-445d-9407-ba2a8b8d9dfa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">settled<\/a>&nbsp;a lawsuit from the Brandeis Center alleging that UC Berkeley failed to respond to antisemitic harassment and discrimination. The settlement resulted in a policy that campus law student organizations cannot have bylaws restricting event speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although LSJP is still a registered campus organization, according to campus law student and LSJP student organizer Asma Masude, its lack of registration with the law school means funding and tabling opportunities, as well as room bookings in the law building, are limited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLSJP was not assigned a table because only registered student organizations receive tables at the law school\u2019s activities fair and LSJP has not yet fulfilled the requirements to be a registered student organization,\u201d said campus spokesperson Dan Mogulof in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mogulof said LSJP\u2019s bylaws include speaker policies that \u201cexclude specific viewpoints,\u201d which is prohibited by campus\u2019s legally binding settlement with the Brandeis Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in 2023, placed direct focus on LSJP\u2019s bylaws; in the settlement, the university agreed that registered student organization constitutions at Berkeley Law could not include prohibitions on speakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLSJP has a long-standing bylaw saying that we will not have any Zionist speakers at our events, just to be in line with our own beliefs and our dedication to Palestinian liberation,\u201d Masude said. \u201cWe could not check that box honestly to confirm that we don\u2019t have that policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masude said LSJP reached out to Berkeley Law Student Support Services and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and was told that organizations with bylaws restricting speakers at events could not register with the law school, and therefore could not table at the law school\u2019s Student Activities Fair. Berkeley Law administration also cited the Brandeis settlement in its restriction of organization bylaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LSJP tabled at the Student Activities Fair on Thursday, despite not being a registered campus law organization. Masude said the organization did not encounter any obstacles or backlash when tabling independently, and plans to \u201cmove forward with as much force as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t plan on slowing down our organizing at all, regardless of the law school\u2019s attempts to stifle our efforts,\u201d Masude said. \u201cThis isn\u2019t a new thing, the law school trying to stifle Palestinian advocacy and liberation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Masude alleged other Berkeley Law student organizations previously included similar bylaws \u201cin solidarity with Palestinian liberation,\u201d but removed the bylaws under the law school\u2019s new registration agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students for Justice in Palestine said in an email that it had not run into issues tabling this academic year. It is not affiliated with Berkeley Law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley Law said in an Instagram post last week that it was banned from tabling at UC Berkeley School of Law\u2019s Student Activities Fair because of the group\u2019s \u201clongstanding\u201d bylaw barring Zionist speakers. 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