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| − | Among other activities UKLFI has held a two-day seminar 'jointly with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel Embassy in London' | + | Among other activities UKLFI has held a two-day seminar 'jointly with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel Embassy in London' on 17-18 June 2012, 'Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Israeli Policy and Advocacy'. Papers were presented on asymmetric warfare, defamation, BDS and other topics.<ref>[http://www.uklfi.com/activities/legal-challenges-and-opportunities-in-israeli-policy-and-advocacy/ Legal Challenges and Opprtunities in Israeli Policy and Advocacy], UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014</ref> |
| − | In September 2011 it held a roundtable discussion chaired by Dr [[Guglielmo Verdirame]] on the implications of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a state.<ref>[http://www.uklfi.com/activities/ Activities], UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014</ref> | + | It has also hosted a series of talks by [[Brooke Goldstein]], director of the U.S.-based [[Lawfare Project]] in Manchester and London in March 2012. In September 2011 it held a roundtable discussion chaired by Dr [[Guglielmo Verdirame]] on the implications of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a state.<ref>[http://www.uklfi.com/activities/ Activities], UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014</ref> |
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 13:57, 1 April 2014
UK Lawyers for Israel is a British organisation which describes itself as using the law 'to combat attempts to undermine, attack or delegitimise Israel'.[1]
It is a company limited by guarantee and claims to have worked on a range of projects including disrupting boycott activism, a flotilla sailing to Gaza, and working on cases in relation to universities and the media.[2]
Contents
History
UK Lawyers for Israel has been operating since approximately 2011. It was co-founded by Jonathan Turner[3] whom the Jewish Chronicle reported was also 'head of the Zionist Federation's legal group'.[4]
Activities
Among other activities UKLFI has held a two-day seminar 'jointly with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Israel Embassy in London' on 17-18 June 2012, 'Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Israeli Policy and Advocacy'. Papers were presented on asymmetric warfare, defamation, BDS and other topics.[5]
It has also hosted a series of talks by Brooke Goldstein, director of the U.S.-based Lawfare Project in Manchester and London in March 2012. In September 2011 it held a roundtable discussion chaired by Dr Guglielmo Verdirame on the implications of the Palestinian bid for recognition as a state.[6]
Affiliations
People
Patrons
The Rt. Hon. Lord Carlile | The Rt. Hon. Lady Cosgrove | Baroness Deech DBE, QC | Professor Sir Elihu Lauterpacht | Sir Ivan Lawrence | Sir Gavin Lightman QC | The Lord Pannick | Professor Richard Susskind | The Rt. Hon. Lord Trimble[7]
Lawyers
Funding
UK LFI claims its members usually operate on a pro-bono basis but does solicit donations via its website and states that 'some matters may be funded by clients on a fee-paying basis or under conditional or contingent fee arrangements, and we may be able to raise funds from donors for some other projects which require major commitments'.[8]
Contact
- Email: info@uklfi.com
- Website: www.uklfi.com
Notes
- ↑ About, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
- ↑ Activities, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
- ↑ An evening with Jonathan Turner of UK Lawyers for Israel at Belmont US, You&Us, accessed 10 January 2013
- ↑ Jessica Elgot, The Lawyers who stopped Gaza flotilla, 15 December 2011, accessed 10 January 2013
- ↑ Legal Challenges and Opprtunities in Israeli Policy and Advocacy, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
- ↑ Activities, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
- ↑ About, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
- ↑ Get Involved, UK Lawyers for Israel, accessed 1 April 2014
