Steven E. Zipperstein is Assistant Adjunct Professor with the Luskin School of Public Affairs. He is Associate Director and Distinguished Senior Scholar at the UCLA Center for Middle East Development. He is also a lecturer with UCLA’s Global Studies Program and UCLA’s School of Engineering, a Research Fellow at the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, a Visiting Professor at Tel Aviv University, and a Visiting Lecturer at the Hertie School.
Zipperstein is the author of three peer-reviewed books regarding the Israel-Palestine conflict: 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). Zipperstein has authored several peer-reviewed papers and articles on other topics.
Zipperstein practiced law for 42 years, including as a US federal prosecutor and as chief legal officer for two corporations.
