The competing needs for freedom of speech and civility through tolerance are struggling across campuses nationwide.  How should law schools and universities balance these needs?  William Jacobson, a Clinical Professor and Director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell Law School, will address these issues through the lens of whether and to what extent anti-Israel rhetoric and activism, particularly through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, crosses into or fosters anti-Semitism. As someone who has researched and written extensively on this topic, he will offer his thoughts on what the BDS movement, particularly the academic boycott of Israel, means for tolerance and diversity of thought on campuses and for academic freedom.  He will also discuss strategies and tactics for lawyers in understanding and balancing the needs of competing groups in situations like those arising across the country. Lunch will be provided.   Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students and the Louis D. Brandeis Center, Inc.