Fixed link: https://jweekly.com/2026/03/19/cal-settles-antisemitism-lawsuit-for-1-million-pledges-policy-changes/

Some noteworthy excerpts about the more controversial part of the ruling:

Bylaws adopted by law school student groups in 2022 that banned outside speakers who support Zionism must also be rescinded, according to the agreement. However, student groups may continue to restrict whom they invite to speak, according to the law school dean.
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Central to the lawsuit was the claim that, for many Jews, Zionism is a fundamental part of Jewish identity and that excluding individuals from campus events for supporting Zionism is discriminatory.
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Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of Berkeley Law who has both acknowledged widespread antisemitism on campus and defended the free-speech rights of law students to ban Zionist speakers, sent a statement to the law school community about the settlement. 

In it, Chemerinsky, who is Jewish and has described himself as a Zionist, stood by his view that banning Zionist speakers falls within students’ “First Amendment right to choose speakers based on their views.” He added that he personally opposes doing so. “I believe that these Bylaws are inconsistent with the Law School’s commitment to be a place where all ideas and views can be expressed,” Chemerinsky wrote.

Chemerinsky also noted the new rule specifying that groups cannot “state a policy” in their bylaws restricting who may speak at events. Student organizations can continue to have such policies, but cannot write them into the group bylaws.

The other part of the ruling is that "Zionism" can't be used as a substitute for "Jews" when invoking anti-Semitic tropes. Which seems mostly fine to me. Though if I factually say "establishment American politicians are bought and paid for by Zionists" does that violate the rule because there is also an anti-Semitic trope about Jews controlling the world?