About universities. I am considering studying law in Israel and becoming a lawyer. It looks like litigation, one of the areas (I thought) I was most interested in, isn't as popular in Israel as is corporate law. But I have decided not to worry about that now. I want to apply to several graduate schools (law schools), hopefully with the possibility of doing a combined LLB/LLM program (it still bugs me that I will have a BA).
These are the ones I will need to consider:
- Bar-Ilan U.
- Tel-Aviv U.
- U. of Haifa
- U. of J'lem
In case you have nodded off at this point, feel free to vote in my poll, "Would you attend law school in Israel?" I'd love to hear comments, especially to those of you who pick "no." Why not go to law school there?
Other ones (that I'd never heard of, probably because they are schools of law at other colleges. Thank you, Wikipedia) include:
- Academic Center of Law & Business, Ramat Gan
- College of Management, Rishon Lezion
- Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya
- Netanya Academic College, Netanya
- Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono
- Sha'arei Mishpat, Hod HaSharon
I will definitely focus on the big guys...or might this chart below (
from Wikipedia) suggest otherwise? I need to look at the details, because numbers alone do not tell a good (in any sense of the word) story! I think this chart is unlikely to be useful by itself.
| Law school | Num. licensed |
|---|
| College of Management | 275 |
| Shaarey Mishpat | 240 |
| Academic Center of Law & Business in Ramat Gan | 213 |
| Tel-Aviv University (TAU) | 188 |
| Netanya Academic College Law School | 184 |
| Hebrew University (HUJI) | 162 |
| Ono Academic College Faculty of Law | 154 |
| Haifa University (HAI) | 128 |
| Bar Ilan University (BIU) | 117 |
| Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya | 109 |
| (abroad) | °45 |
| (misc.) | °°2
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Hi Liat,
ReplyDeleteSorry I haven't been keeping up with your blog as much as I used to. I was just in Israel (from Jan 16 - Feb 17...I got married on Jan 29).
I still think that you need to go there and spend a little time. There are tons of summer programs that you can go on to experience Israel.
As far as going for a law degree, I think your poll is a little too simplistic. Should you get a graduate degree in Israel? Sure, why not? They have great programs...many of them are only 1 and 2 years so you'd be done quickly. Law degrees are a bit trickier...I do not believe that Israel and the US have reciprocal agreements when it comes to law...that is, I don't think you could get a law degree in Israel then sit for the Bar in the US. US law is based on British law whereas Israeli law is based on the Torah. I have a friend who was a lawyer in Israel and she said that it was a lot of biblical law. That is something you should definitely look into.
Just my two cents' worth
OK, so I can admit when I'm wrong :) I spoke with my lawyer friends and they set me straight (with rather rude laughter I might add). Apparently, Israeli law is in fact based on Common Law. As such, there are reciprocal agreements between the countries.
ReplyDeleteSo, yea, never mind all the rubbish I was spewing. My apologies!
Don't worry about it. I knew Israel was based on the Common Law system. Btw, Common Law and Civil Law countries make agreements all the time (think Europe and USA), so it's not as though the kind of system a country affects the fact that they'll make agreement or makes it impossible to have an agreement. Democracies and dictatorships can make agreements too.
ReplyDeleteTo reply to your previous post...
ReplyDelete1. Congratulations on getting married!
2. I am aware that I need to spend some time there. I hope to do that in the near future.
3. It's possible to take the bar in New York and California, I think, with a law degree from a foreign university. If I'm planning on making aliyah, though, I would take the bar in Israel and be a lawyer in Israel.
4. Re: biblical law. See your and later, my, comment.