Steven E. Zipperstein

Steven E. Zipperstein

Research Fellow

Department: School of Public Affairs, UCLA Engineering, Global Studies
Email: szipperstein@international.ucla.edu

Steven E. Zipperstein is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and a Lecturer in the UCLA Global Studies program and the UCLA School of Engineering. He is also a Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University Law School. Zipperstein is the author of three books: The Legal Case for Palestine: A Critical Assessment (Routledge, 2024); Zionism, Palestinian Nationalism and the Law: 1939-1948 (Routledge, 2022); and Law and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Trials of Palestine (Routledge, 2020). Before coming to UCLA, Zipperstein practiced law for 40 years in California, Washington D.C. and New York/New Jersey. During his distinguished legal career, he worked as a law firm litigator, a federal prosecutor and Justice Department official, and as the Chief Legal Officer of two large companies, Verizon Wireless (2003–2011) and BlackBerry Ltd. (2012–2018).

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