Past Program – 2025
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Sunday
Hospitality Reception Royal
Arrival and Check-in
Mincha
Welcome Reception
Opening Dinner
Keynote Speaker: David Schizer
Dean Emeritus, Columbia University Law School
Introduced by Allen Friedman
JP Morgan Chase
Maariv
Dessert Reception
Monday
Shacharit
Welcome
Nathan J. Diament
Executive Director, OU Advocacy Center
Judges’ Reflections on Fighting
Antisemitism
Judge Robert Luck
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Judge Robert Scola
U.S. District Court, So. Dist. of Florida
Judge Matthew Solomson
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Introduced by Yehudah Buchweitz
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Current Law, Litigation and More
Prof. Avi Helfand
Pepperdine Univ. Law School
Alyza Lewin
Brandeis Center for Law & Human Rights
Akiva Shapiro
Gibson Dunn
Baruch Weiss
Arnold & Porter
Introduced by Shukie Grossman
Gibson Dunn
How Congress Can Fight Antisemitism in
2025
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Representative Dan Goldman (D-NY)Introduced by Yitzie Pretter
Chairman, OUA National Committee
Moderator: Nathan J. Diament
Executive Director, OU Advocacy Center
Lunch
Remarks: Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Executive Vice President, Orthodox Union
Brainstorming Session
Mincha
Torah Session – Law & Judgement:
Batei Din and Courts
Remarks & Introduction by Mitchel R. Aeder
President, Orthodox Union
Judge Matthew Solomson
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Prof. Chaim Saiman
Villanova Law School; Beth Din of America
Rabbi Shlomo Weissman
Beth Din of America
Break
Cocktails
Dinner
Remarks: Maury Litwack
Founder of the Teach Coalition and Jewish Voters Unite
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Paul Clement
Former Solicitor General of the U.S.
Introduced by Nathan J. Diament
Executive Director, OU Advocacy Center
Maariv
Dessert Reception
Tuesday
Shacharit
Breakfast
Addressing Antisemitism and Inclusion
within the Corporate Sector
Suzanne Wachsstock
Hon. Mitchell Silk
Cedarfield Group
Jessica Cohen
Verizon
Hillel Caplan
Deloitte
Moderator: Yossi Goldman
Jones Day
Breakout Discussion Groups
A) New Initiatives Law Firms Can Take
B) Brainstorming New Legislation / Regulations
C) In House Initiatives
D) Law Students Group
Facilitators:
Danny Aqua, Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, Nachama
Soloveichik
Lunch
So What? Now What?
Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer,
Orthodox Union
Closing Remarks
Nathan J. Diament
Executive Director, OU Advocacy Center