| The Institute of Jewish Law offers a scholarly and intellectual framework for the academic study of the Jewish legal experience. Founded in prophetic notions of social justice, this experience is one of the foundations of Western civilization, particularly Western legal systems. The Institute acts as a center for the study and teaching of Jewish law throughout the United States, bringing together leading scholars, teachers, and lawyers and acting as a clearinghouse for new ideas and independent research. Its major goal is to make the Jewish legal tradition an active force in legal scholarship.
The Institute offers at the Law Center courses in Jewish law and Jewish legal philosophy, and conducts special program of research, publications, and lectures. The Institute also conducts two conferences each year at the Law Center, which are sponsored by the Lillie Goldstein Charitable Trust. These programs focus on a wide range of subjects of interest to Jewish legal scholars.
The Institute publishes annually The Jewish Law Report, which contains articles, summaries of symposia, and other important information about Jewish law.
The Institute assists other law schools in offering courses in Jewish law by advising professors who wish to teach these courses about topics and sources in Jewish law, and providing them with syllabi of courses in Jewish law. Also, the Institute is helping the Touro library to develop the Law center’s Mobile Judaica Collection, which is loaned to law schools across the country that wish to offer courses in Jewish law, for a semester or one year.
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