International Law Talk

International Law Issues Regarding Israel & Palestine Today

Israel Peace Alternatives invites CBH Partners and their guests to a lecture/Q&Q featuring Professor Chimène Keitner,
Homer G. Angelo and Ann Berryhill Professor of Law and Director of the Center for International Law & Policy at UC Davis School of Law

Thursday, March 19, 2026, 11:30 brownbag / potluck dairy lunch; noon program | Social Hall

Professor Chimène Keitner is a leading authority on international law and civil litigation, and served as
the 27th Counselor on International Law in the U.S. Department of State. She has authored two books
and dozens of articles, essays, and book chapters on questions surrounding the relationship among law,
communities, and borders, including issues of jurisdiction, extraterritoriality, foreign sovereign and
foreign official immunity, and the historical understandings underpinning current practice in these
areas. Professor Keitner holds a bachelor’s degree in history and literature with high honors
from Harvard, a JD from Yale, where she was a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, and a doctorate in
international relations from Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.

Registration will open in 2026.

Questions: sfpattison@gmail.com

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views of Congregation Bet Haverim. Our congregation is committed to honoring the diversity of thoughts and
opinions within our community.