About CSLA

The Center for the Study of Law and Antisemitism (CSLA) is an independent academic center devoted to researching law's encounter with antisemitism and what that encounter reveals about both antisemitism and law itself.  On the one hand, the course explores how legal systems have facilitated, ignored, regulated, or resisted antisemitism across different times and places. On the other hand, it uses antisemitism as a lens through which to examine the strengths and limitations of familiar legal categories, doctrines, and institutions. Antisemitism often functions as a stress test for legal concepts that otherwise appear stable and uncontroversial.

CSLA's activities include:

• supporting research and writing on law and antisemitism;
• organizing conferences, workshops, and public programs;
• developing courses, teaching materials, and curricula; and
• fostering collaboration among scholars, lawyers, students, policymakers, and Jewish communal institutions.

The Center supported the publication of Antisemitism and the Law (Carolina Academic Press, 2025), the first comprehensive scholarly treatment of the subject, and organizes annual conferences on Law and Antisemitism bringing together scholars, lawyers, students, and communal leaders.

Founded by Professor Robert Katz of the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, the Center seeks to establish and advance the study of law and antisemitism as a distinct field of scholarly inquiry, professional education, and public engagement.

Contact

Center for the Study of Law and Antisemitism 

Robert Katz, Founding Director

530 West New York Street, Room 349
Indianapolis, Indiana 46202

rokatz@iu.edu