W W W. TO U R O L AW. E D U 17 O n March 31-April 1, 2016, Touro Law Center and the Jewish Law Institute hosted a national conference: Louis D. Brandeis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective. More than thirty judges, lawyers, and scholars, representing a broad range of disciplines and hailing from around the United States, explored topics that included, among others: Brandeis’s groundbreaking work as a lawyer and a scholar; his commitment to his Jewish heritage; his historic appointment to the Supreme Court one hundred years ago; and his jurisprudence on the Court. The conference opened with words of welcome from Dean Patricia Salkin and Professor Samuel J. Levine, the conference organizer and Director of the Jewish Law Institute, followed by several panels dedicated to discussions of various aspects of Brandeis’s life and legacy. Looking at both the historical record and contemporary issues, speakers considered the impact of Brandeis’s work on areas such as the public good, the right to privacy, legal ethics, and the courts. As one of the many highlights, a panel on judges was comprised of two members of the inaugural Advisory Board of the Jewish Law Institute, Judge Kermit V. Lipez, of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and Judge Rick Haselton of the Oregon Court of Appeals. Drawing upon their own judicial experiences, Judge Lipez and Judge Haselton offered salient insights into Brandeis’s approach to judging and the judicial decision-making process. Following the judges’ panel, the focus of the conference turned to the relationship between Brandeis and Judaism. As Professor Levine later noted, “As part of his remarkable legacy, Louis Brandeis was the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice and a leading Zionist. As such, the Jewish Law Institute was particularly pleased to bring these issues to the attention of the community.” The first day of the conference closed with a reception in the Law Center’s Judaica Room, which houses the Gould Law Library’s Abraham and Lillie Goldstein Judaica Collection. The reception included remarks by Professor Levine and a presentation by Professor Hasia R. Diner, the Paul S. and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History and Director of the Goldstein-Goren Center of American Jewish History at New York University. The presentation addressed a number of interrelated topics revolving around the title: “Brandeis, the Great Jewish Migration, and Progressivism.” Continuing the theme of Brandeis and Judaism, the second day of the conference opened with the Jewish Law Institute’s Spring 2016 Distinguished Lecture, delivered by Professor Russell G. Pearce, the Edward & Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion at Fordham University School of Law, on the topic: “Destabilizing the Business-Profession Binary: Louis Brandeis on Professionalism and Identity.” Professor Pearce’s keynote address was followed by a panel exploring Brandeis and Judaism in greater detail. One of the panelists was Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik, Director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University and Rabbi at Congregation Shearith Israel in Manhattan, who had previously delivered the Jewish Law Institute’s Fall 2014 Distinguished Lecture. Rabbi Soloveichik’s remarks focused on “Brandeis, Zionism, and Judaism.” The conference continued with another keynote address, by Edward A. Purcell, Jr., the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor at New York Law School, one of the world’s leading scholars on the life and work of Louis Brandeis. The topic of the address was “The Legacy of Louis Brandeis and the Nature of American Constitutionalism.” Finally, the conference closed with a panel of prominent First Amendment scholars exploring Brandeis’s impact on free speech. Offering her reflections on the success of the conference, Dean Salkin remarked, “We have brought together an impressive group of leading scholars, historians, and court observers who shared insightful observations about the legacy left by Justice Brandeis. Justice Louis Brandeis was an important figure not just in the legal and jurisprudential realms but for the Jewish community as well. Over the course of two memorable days, the participants at the conference critiqued and celebrated his many contributions.” The conference proceedings will be published in a special issue of the Touro Law Review.