CLE for Attorneys
As the oldest independent college of Jewish studies in North America, Gratz is committed to promoting the tradition of ongoing Jewish learning, as well as meeting the needs of Jewish professionals. Judaism is a culture based on Halacha (law). Its sacred texts contain ordinances for nearly every facet of life. Gratz’s Continuing Legal Education programs are an opportunity to study one of the earliest bodies of law known to humanity and compare it to the modern American justice system.
Currently, Gratz College partners with other Jewish Institutions, schools, and synagogues to present CLE courses. The courses span all areas of practice, and many seminars include ethics credit. Eminent attorneys are invited to speak on topics of current interest along with Gratz professors in a heimishe (friendly) yet academic and dynamic environment. Some participants have remarked that Gratz CLEs remind them of their best law school experiences.
Gratz College is a private, independent PA CLE accredited provider.
Gratz College welcomes all CLE participants, regardless of religious affiliation.
For more information, contact Mindy Cohen mcohen@gratz.ed
a sampling of past cle courses and instructors
- Introduction to Immigration Policy and Recent Changes
Justin Mixon, Esq, Katelyn M. Hufe, Esq, - Autism Services and the Law in Pennsylvania
Panel Discussion: PA Health Law Project, Disability Rights Pennsylvania - Development Rights (and Fights) Under the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code
Amee Smith Farrell, Esquire - Biblical Jurisprudence
Professor George Fletcher - Religion and the Law
Professor Perry Dane - Following the Trail to Dead City
Raymond J. Dowd, Esquire - IBM and the Holocaust: Legal and Ethical Implications
Mr. Edwin Black - After We Die: Rights and Rites of the Human Cadaver
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Ph.D. and Professor Norman L. Cantor - Entertainment and Ethics: The Grit behind the Glamour
Simon Rosen Esq. and Rabbi David Ackerman - Victim Rights: Civil Prosecution for Criminal Harm
Arthur Bugay, Esq. - The Dilemma of the Abolitionist
Judge Hon. Mark I. Bernstein and Hon. Controller Alan Butkovitz - Watercooler Woes: Laws for the Workplace
Alan B. Epstein, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D - Estate Planning in the 21st Century
Alan J. Mittelman, J.D. - Murder, Rape and Theft
Bradley S. Bridge, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Punishment
Stanton M. Lacks, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Ethics of Business Law
Maurice Mitts, J.D. - From God's Mouth to Jefferson's Pen
Sheldon Seligsohn, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Separation or Convergence: Marriage and Divorce in Jewish Law and PA Statutes
Judith Widman, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D - From Mount Sinai to Taft-Hartley
Daniel Cohen, J.D. - Ancient Jewish Ethics and Modern Legal Practice
Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Professional Negligence: Medical and Legal Malpractice
Allan H. Gordon, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - The Holocaust Cases: Corporate Liability Under International Law
Stephen A. Whinston, J.D. and Carey R. D'Avino, J.D. - Armed Conflict in Jewish and American Law
Air Force Lt. Colonel Lisa Turner, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Capital Punishment: In Pursuit of Justice
Maurice Mitts, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Mediation and Shalom: Conflict Resolution in Jewish Tradition and Contemporary Practice
Rabbi Adam J. Berner, J.D. - Life, Death and Taxes
Mark Blaskey, J.D., Victor Levy, J.D., Douglas Fendrick, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Shalom Bayit Shattered: Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Rochelle Bobman, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Abortion and Judaism: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Law
Kathryn Kolbert, J.D. and Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D - Bankruptcy: Ethics and Policy
Samuel H. Becker, J.D., Harry T. Lamb, J.D., Eric L. Frank, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Islamic Law from the Past to the Present
Mark David Welton, JD LLM SJD - Estate Planning/Philanthropy: A Jewish Approach
Matthew H. Kamens, JD
Nina L. Cohen, JD
Michael Balaban, MPA MAJCS - Brass Tacks for Working with Non-Profits
Cory G. Jacobs, JD LLM CPA
Carolyn s. Nachmias, JD - The Holocaust and the Law
Harry Reicher, LLM - Protecting Human Rights and Civil Liberties during Wartime
Susan L. Burke, Esq.
Peter Ryan, Esq.
Alan E. Garfield, Esq. - After 9/11: The Victim Compensation Fund Law
Kenneth Feinberg, J.D. - Jews on Trial
Bruce Afran, J.D.
Robert Garber, J.D.
Sally Steinberg-Brent, J.D.
Lynne Kessler Lechter, J.D. (Presented by Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D., in her absence) - Intelligent Design on Trial
Eric Rothschild, J.D.
Stephen G. Harvey, J.D.
Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Sexual Harassment in Jewish and American Law
Bettina B. Plevan, J.D.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - The First Amendment vs. Violent Bigotry
Michael Lieberman, J.D.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Cities of Asylum: Current Issues in Refugee Law
Gideon Aronoff, J.D.
Mark Hetfield, J.D. - Taxation and Torah
Kenneth Ryesky, J.D. - Jewish Legal Procedure and the Trial of Jesus
Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Women, the Workplace and the Law
Phyllis Horn Epstein, J.D., J. Earl Epstein, J.D., and Arline Jolles Lotman, J.D. - You Must Not Destroy: Jewish and American Environmental Law
Joseph M. Manko, Sr., J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Child Custody: Battle of the Break-up
Richard I. Moore, J.D., Rabbi Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Adoption Law: Love and Legislation
Samuel C. Totaro, Jr., J.D. and Rabbi Robyn Frisch, Esq. - Am I My Neighbor's Keeper?
Marshal Granor, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Israel, the Internet and the First Amendment
Lynne Kessler Lechter, J.D., Ernest Sasso, J.D. and J. Michael Considine, Jr., J.D.
- The International Criminal Court: Dealing with the Unimaginable; the Statute, its Impact and Relevance
Panel Discussion: Enid H. Adler, Esq., Fatou Bensouda, Roger S Clark, John Washburn - Getting a Get: Prenuptial Agreements and Divorce in Jewish and American Law
Rabbi Yona Reiss, Esq. and Julia Swain, Esq. - Ethical Challenges in Estate Planning
Robert S. Balter, J.D, LLM. - Justice by The Book: Trial Conduct & Courtroom Practice in Jewish and American Law
Rabbi David Ackerman and Professor Edward Ohlbaum - Confidentiality and Ethical Dilemmas in Jewish and American Law
Lawrence J. Fox, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Sponsors of Terror: Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 Attacks
Stephen A. Cozen, Esq.
Sean Carter, Esq. - The Mind of the Murderer: Psychological Testing and Testimony for Court
Robert L. Sadoff, M.D.
Frank Dattilio, Ph.D. - Ethics in the Workplace: Legal and Religious Perspectives
Edward D. Zinbarg, MBA, Ph.D., D. Litt
Christopher J. Murphy, Esq. - It Takes a Village: Real Estate/ Property in Jewish and American Law
Rabbi Joshua Kalev
Carl N. Weiner, Esq.
Adam D. Zucker, Esq. - Notions of Constitutionalism: United States-Israel-Bible
Professor Burton Caine - Self-Incrimination in Jewish and American Law
Professor Samuel J. Levine - Professional Responsibility: A Jewish Perspective on American Codes of Ethics
Professor Samuel J. Levine - Identity Theft: What Attorneys Need to Know
District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman
Deputy DA Steven Latzer
Detective Michael Gilbert - What’s $50 Billion Between Friends? Corporate, Brokerage and Hedge Fund Fraud
Debra Speyer, Esq.
Moses L. Pava, Ph.D.
Michael Byrne, Esq. - Reclaiming Nazi-Looted Art: One of World War II’s Unfinished Battles
Lawrence M. Kaye, Esq. - In Hot Pursuit: Prosecution of Art Theft and Fraud
Jennifer Kreder, Esq. - Be Fruitful and Multiply: Assisted Reproduction in Jewish and American Law
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Ph.D. and Lawrence Kalikow, J.D. - Political and Corporate Corruption
Bruce Afran, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Crime/Punishment in Jewish and American Law
Robert A. Zauzmer, Esq.
Laurel F. Grass, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Protecting Human Rights and Civil Liberties during Wartime
Susan L. Burke, Esq.
Peter Ryan, Esq.
Alan E. Garfield, Esq. - Animal Rights in Jewish and American Law
Richard H. Elliott, Esq.
Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Borat: Legal Learnings for Make Benefit CLE
Justin B. Wineburgh, Esq.
Brendan P. Bovaird, Esq.
Rabbi Seth Frisch - Doing Business in Israel—Legal Considerations and Incentives
Yair S. Shiran, Israel’s Economic Minister to North America
Ari Afilalo, Esq.
Ephraim Schmeider, Esq.
Shaun Snitman, Esq.
Debbie Buchwald, Esq. - Medical Malpractice in Jewish and American Law
Fredric L. Goldfein, Esq.
Steven F. Friedell, Esq. - The Rights of Children, Parents and Grandparents in Jewish and American Law
Marsha Levick, Esq.
Sarah Katz, Esq.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Ph.D. - Holocaust Restitution: Issues and Ethics
Michael J. Bazyler, JD - Genocide and Justice: Nuremberg to Iraq
Harry Reicher, LLM - Whose Jersusalem?
The Status of Jerusalem in International Law
Harry Reicher, LLM - The Iranian Threat & International Response
Ilan Berman, JD - Legal Aspects of Counterterrorism
Professor Amos Guiora, JD - Personal Injury, Product Liability and Forensic Investigation
Jeffrey M. Scott, J.D.
Jeffrey M. Kolansky, J.D.
Lewis Mifsud, Ph.D., P.E. - Body and Soul: End-of-Life Issues in Jewish and American Law
Paul Root Wolpe, Ph.D. and Norman Cantor, J.D. - Being Prepared: Elder Law and Eldercare Planning
Stephen A. Feldman, J.D. and Paul L. Feldman, J.D. - Anatomy of Not-for-Profit Financing
Gary Jaffe, J.D., Glenn D. Fox, J.D., J. Scott Maxwell, J.D. and John A. Rule, J.D. - Defeating Terrorism with the Law
Nathan Lewin, J.D. and Alyza D. Lewin, J.D - Personal Injury Practice: Past, Present and Future
Steven G. Wigrizer, J.D. and Rabbi Ruth Sandberg, Ph.D. - Israel: An International Crossraod for Business
Alon Kaplan, J.D. - Israeli Law: Synagogue and State
Rabbi Yaakov (Joel) Katzin, J.D. - Hot Topics in American Constitutional Law
Larry Frankel, J.D.