The Lawfare Project

What The Lawfare Project does

The Lawfare Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit legal advocacy organization founded in 2010 and headquartered at 633 Third Avenue, New York. It provides free pro bono legal services to protect the civil and human rights of Jewish individuals and communities facing antisemitism, discrimination, and hate crimes. The organization operates without commercial software or technology products; its core "product" is legal representation delivered through a curated network of more than 900 attorneys recruited across the United States and abroad.

The organization pursues a multi-program structure anchored by the Campus Civil Rights Project, the K-12 Civil Rights Project, and international legal initiatives, with active matters spanning 17 jurisdictions including the U.S., Spain, France, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, the U.K., Qatar, Switzerland, and Germany. It has logged 150+ legal actions and notable outcomes include a Cooper Union settlement requiring sweeping policy changes, the cancellation of a Hamas event at an InterContinental hotel in Doha, and the forced curtailment of Kuwait Airways' U.S. and inter-European operations. In August 2025, the organization secured a precedent-setting Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruling affirming joint trademark ownership of "Zioness" with Zioness Movement Inc.

The Lawfare Project operates a nonprofit business model funded entirely by donations and grants; legal services are provided at no charge to beneficiaries. It does not disclose revenue, headcount beyond a small core staff (1-10 employees including Founder/Executive Director Brooke Goldstein, COO Benjamin Ryberg, and Director of Litigation Ziporah Reich), or specific donor composition. Distribution is anchored by direct intake through a "Get Legal Help" portal, supplemented by referrals from Jewish community organizations and a media footprint across Fox News, NY Post, NY Times, JNS, and other outlets. Co-counsel relationships with major firms — Arnold & Porter, Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Oved & Oved, Bochner PLLC, Alston & Bird, and others — provide litigation capacity that the small core staff could not otherwise support.

Name

The Lawfare Project

Legal name

The Lawfare Project, Inc.

Website

https://thelawfareproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Lawfare Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2010 that provides free pro bono legal services to Jewish individuals and communities facing antisemitism and discrimination, operating through a network of 900+ attorneys across 17 jurisdictions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Rights Legal Services

NAICS

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal Aid & Client Advocacy Services (BPAGAEAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Defense & Legal Aid Services (BPAIAFAC), Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Pro bono legal services
• Civil rights advocacy
• Antisemitism litigation
• Campus civil rights
• Nonprofit legal aid

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Lawfare Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides pro bono legal representation and advocacy to protect the civil and human rights of Jewish individuals, students, and communities facing antisemitism, discrimination, hate crimes, and BDS practices. Its service portfolio includes the Campus Civil Rights Project, the K-12 Civil Rights Project, dedicated work in Canada, and impact litigation delivered through a network of more than 900 recruited attorneys in coordination with major law firm partners.

Product overview

The Lawfare Project is a nonprofit legal organization (501(c)(3)) that provides pro bono legal services to protect the civil and human rights of the Jewish community worldwide. It is not a technology or product company. The organization operates legal advocacy programs including the Campus Civil Rights Project, K-12 Civil Rights Project, and international legal initiatives. Their work encompasses legal actions against antisemitism, representing victims of discrimination, and advocating for Jewish civil rights in educational institutions and broader society. The organization has no commercial software products or technology offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Campus Civil Rights Project Pro bono legal representation and advocacy program for Jewish students experiencing antisemitism, discrimination, and hostile environments at colleges and universities, including Title VI complaints, accommodation enforcement, and impact litigation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Forced Kuwait Airways to terminate half of its U.S. operations
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and strategic.

• Oved & Oved LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 18 August 2025Oved & Oved LLP secured a precedent-setting victory for The Lawfare Project before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a landmark trademark dispute, establishing joint trademark ownership rights.
• Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor law firm serving as co-counsel on the Cooper Union antisemitism lawsuit filed by The Lawfare Project on behalf of ten Jewish students.
• Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInternational law firm serving as co-counsel on the MGH Institute of Health Professions lawsuit for antisemitic discrimination.
• Eiseman Levine Lehrhaupt & Kakoyiannis, P.C.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaw firm serving as co-counsel on Columbia University lawsuit for antisemitic retaliation and discrimination against Jewish students.
• Grant & Eisenhofer P.A.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaw firm serving as co-counsel in the lawsuit against DePaul University on behalf of Jewish students Max Long and Michael Kaminsky.
• Bochner PLLCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaw firm serving as lead counsel on the defamation lawsuit against Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad on behalf of Tamar Herman.
• RE-LAW LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCanadian law firm serving as co-counsel in the lawsuit against Ontario College of Art & Design University.
• Held & Hines LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaw firm that filed initial lawsuit against US Coachways for failure to transport Jewish passengers, with The Lawfare Project joining as co-counsel.
• Alston & BirdcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInternational law firm serving as co-counsel in the lawsuit against CUNY Hunter College for antisemitism on campus.
• Kötter L'Homme PlasmancoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAmsterdam-based law firm serving as co-counsel in representing victims of antisemitic attacks in Amsterdam.
• Spodek Law GroupstrategicImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPartnership with Ken Belkin of Spodek Law Group to offer pro bono legal services to victims of antisemitic assaults.
• Zioness Movement IncstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint co-ownership of the 'Zioness' trademark established through collaborative efforts, with Second Circuit Court ruling affirming shared ownership.
• Zacharias Vickers McCann LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLaw firm partnering with The Lawfare Project on a defamation lawsuit on behalf of former chief of Alberta Human Rights Commission.
• Winston & Strawn LLPcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMajor law firm announcing lawsuit against Dallas-based mental health clinic for discrimination against Jewish therapists.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• StandWithUs: StandWithUs is a nonprofit focused on Israel education and combating antisemitism on U.S. campuses. While primarily an education and advocacy organization, it partners with legal resources and shares The Lawfare Project's campus focus, making it a peer in the broader Jewish civil rights and pro-Israel advocacy ecosystem.
• Muslim Advocates: Muslim Advocates is a legal advocacy and policy organization that fights discrimination against Muslim Americans through litigation and policy work. It is a close structural parallel as a faith-based legal advocacy nonprofit, and a peer in the religious minority civil rights space.
• Public Justice: Public Justice is a national legal advocacy nonprofit that pursues impact litigation on civil rights, consumer, and environmental cases. It shares the impact-litigation pro bono model with The Lawfare Project, though its case areas are broader and not focused on Jewish civil rights specifically.

Others

• Hillel International: Hillel is the largest Jewish campus organization, supporting Jewish students at universities worldwide. It is not a legal services provider but is a key referral partner and ecosystem participant for The Lawfare Project's campus civil rights work, making it a closely related adjacent organization.
• Jewish Federation of North America: The Jewish Federation is the central umbrella for Jewish community funding and services in North America. It is a potential funding source and community partner for The Lawfare Project, and overlaps in mission around Jewish communal welfare, though it does not directly provide legal services.

Direct peers

• Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law: The Brandeis Center is a direct peer focused specifically on combating campus antisemitism through legal action, advocacy, and education. It pursues Title VI complaints and campus lawsuits on behalf of Jewish students, closely mirroring The Lawfare Project's Campus Civil Rights Project and several overlapping cases (e.g., Columbia, Harvard-area institutions).
• Zioness Movement: Zioness Movement is a Jewish and pro-Israel social justice organization. The Lawfare Project has a formal co-ownership relationship with Zioness over the 'Zioness' trademark (established via Second Circuit ruling), making Zioness both a peer in the Jewish advocacy space and a direct strategic partner.

Broad incumbents

• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): The ADL is a leading Jewish civil rights organization that combats antisemitism through advocacy, education, and legal action. It is the most prominent peer in the same space, with a much larger staff and broader mandate, including tracking hate incidents and policy advocacy, but it operates a legal arm that overlaps directly with The Lawfare Project's pro bono civil rights work.
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): The ACLU is a large civil rights nonprofit that provides legal representation in cases involving discrimination and civil liberties. While it is non-sectarian and far broader in scope, it shares The Lawfare Project's pro bono impact-litigation model and is a structural peer in the civil rights legal services space.
• Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC): SPLC is a much larger nonprofit that uses litigation, education, and advocacy to fight hate and bigotry. Although its scope includes antisemitism among other forms of hate, it is the archetypal impact-litigation nonprofit and a structural analog for The Lawfare Project's pro bono legal advocacy model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lawfareproject
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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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