Two lawyers filed a complaint on Nov. 18 with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of California, Berkeley over what they consider antisemitic student group policies.
In August, the UC Berkeley student group Law Students for Justice in Palestine adopted a bylaw stating that the group will not invite Zionist speakers to their events. Several other student groups at UC Berkeley adopted the bylaw as well.
The lawyers’ complaint led to the OCR opening an investigation into UC Berkeley earlier this month for the bylaw in question and whether it violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Title VI is a set of federal regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin at programs receiving federal funding….