the Faculty is a leader in its field, with standard teaching of “black-letter” law and litigation enriched by crossovers to the humanities, the social sciences, medicine and technology, as well as the economic analysis of law. Dovetailing with its academic creativity, the Faculty is also the most diverse and multicultural legal institution in Israel. Its student body comprises a full array of Israel's ethnicities, including Jews, Arabs, and Druze. Numerous countries of origin and cultural backgrounds are represented in our lively community.
Faculty offers world-class research centers . Global prominence is enhanced by a growing repertoire of international cooperation: research institutes. students in our programs engage highly successful litigation, and exemplary applied research.
Prof. Emanuel Gross, a criminal law scholar at the Faculty of Law, comments on the belated psychiatric evaluation submitted to the court in the trial of the murderers of Palestinian boy Mohammed Abu Khdeir. The ensuing delay of the main defendant's verdict raised serious questions. Professor Gross was widely quoted in the international media.
