Innovation University for the Start-Up Nation November 2013
Professor Ron Harris Dean, Faculty of Law TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
Professor Eyal Benvenisti Director, International LL.M. TEL AVIV
UNIVERSITY
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Tel Aviv University Plays a Key Role in Israels High-Tech,
Cyber, Biomedical, Energy & Defense Sectors
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Founded in 1956, Tel Aviv University is Israels Largest, Most
Comprehensive University
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9 Faculties, 125 Departments, and 130 Research Institutes
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Each year, over 1,500 International Students from more than 60
Countries
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*2013 data from TechCrunchs CrunchBase API, surveying 2,500
startup founders in the USA who have raised VC funding for their
startups Tel Aviv University Alumni: Ranked Top 15 Worldwide In
Schools Producing Successful Start-Up Entrepreneurs
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Tel Aviv University: Israel Rankings #1 in patents filed among
academic institutions #1 in the number of scientific publications
#1 in research output among Israeli universities #1 in research
impact among Israeli universities #1 choice for students from among
Israels 69 universities & colleges #1 choice of graduates for
Israeli employers
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Student Testimonial
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BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW Your Mediterranean Gateway to Global
Excellence
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TAU Faculty of Law at a Glance Founded in 1969 41Tenured
Professors 26 are graduates of Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia,
NYU, Oxford, UC-Berkeley #1 Choice for Students Highest Average
Grades #1 Choice for Israeli Employers
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Source:
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-
rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studieshttp://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-
rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studies QS World University Rankings by
Subject 2013 - Law
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Source:
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-
rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studieshttp://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-
rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studies QS World University Rankings by
Subject 2013 - Law
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TAU Faculty of Law: 64 Publications in Top 20 General Law
Journals Michigan Law Review Cornell Law Review U Toronto Law
Journal Yale Law Journal Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Columbia
Law Review Georgetown Law Journal UCLA Law Review Stanford Law
Review Virginia Law Review Minnesota Law Review Texas Law Review
NYU Law Review Northwestern U Law Review
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TAU Faculty of Law: 41 Publications in Top Specialized Law
Journals American Journal of Comparative Law American Journal of
International Law American Review of Law and Economics
International Review of Law and Economics Journal of Empirical
Legal Studies Journal of Law, Economics and Organization Journal of
Legal Studies Law and Social Inquiry Law and Society Law and
History Review Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence Law and
Philosophy
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Books by Faculty Members in World Leading University Presses:
2008-2013
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Theoretical Inquiries in Law: International Ranking TIL: Law
Journal Published by TAU Law is committed to theoretical
exploration of the law, and is based on Faculty/student
partnership. #1 for non-U.S. law journal for Impact Factor and
Currency-Factor; #2 of 664 in the combined ranking, in all
subjects. #3 for all journals in the category of Jurisprudence and
Legal Theory (#3 including U.S. law reviews, ahead of prestigious
journals such as Law & Social Inquiry (#4), Law & Society
Review (#5), and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (#6). According to
2012 Washington & Lee rankings
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TAU Law Faculty Serve on the Editorial Boards of
Internationally Recognized Journals American Journal of
International Law (Benvenisti) International Law in Domestic Courts
(Benvenisti) Laws (Dagan) Law and Social Inquiry (Likhovski)
Comparative Legal History (Likhovski) European Journal of
International Law (Lustig) International Labour Review (Mundlak)
The Reasoner (Pundik) International Review of Law and Economics
(Tabbach) Law & History Review (Harris)
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TAU Faculty: Visiting Professors at Top US Law Schools 5 at
Columbia University 5 at New York University 4 at Harvard
University 4 at University of Michigan 4 at Northwestern University
3 at University of California - Berkeley 2 at Yale University 2 at
University of Chicago 2 at University of Pennsylvania 2 at
University of Virginia 2 at Georgetown University 2 at University
of California - Los Angeles 2 at University of Southern California
(Gould)
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63 Visiting Professors from Top Law Schools at TAU New York
University Harvard University Yale University Cambridge University
Cornell University Columbia University Duke University Georgetown
University Northwestern University University of Chicago University
of Pennsylvania University of Virginia Max Planck Institute
University of Paris University of Hamburg Jiao Tong University
Stanford University University of Michigan - Ann Arbor University
of California - Berkeley University of California - Los Angeles
University of Southern California University of Texas Austin
University of Minnesota Twin Cities * Last 7 Years
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TAU Faculty of Law: Academic Centers & Institutes The Cegla
Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law The Edmond J.
Safra Center for Ethics The David Berg Institute for Law and
History The Taubenschlag Institute of Criminal Law The Batya and
Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance and Capital Market
Regulation The Minerva Center for Human Rights GlobalTrust Research
Project
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Our Alumni Leading the Legal Academia in the US Prof. Dotan
Oliar University of Virginia Prof. Oren Bracha University of Texas
Prof. Michal Barzuza University of Virginia Prof. Lucian A. Bebchuk
Harvard University Prof. Yochai Benkler Harvard University Prof.
Barak Orbach University of Arizona Prof. Gabriella Blum Harvard
University Prof. Oren Bar-Gil NYU Prof. Ayelet Shachar University
of Toronto
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Our Alumni on the Israeli Supreme Court Uzi Vogelman Yoram
DanzigerDaphne Barak-Erez Esther Hayut Hanan Melcer
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Our Alumni Senior Government Officials Harel Locker General
Director, Prime Ministers Office Silvan Shalom Minister of Energy
& Water Zvi Houser Secretary of the Government Prof. David Gilo
Antitrust Commissioner Gideon Saar Minister of Interior Yitzhak
Herzog Nitzan Horowitz Moshe Mizrahi Tamar Zandberg Boaz Toporovsky
Members of Parliament (Knesset)
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Visiting Professors from top US and International Law Schools
including Yale, Harvard, and Oxford TAU Faculty of Law:
International Programs LLB. Student Exchange Programs LL.M. Degree
Ph.D. Degree Nearly 50 classes taught in English Students from over
20 countries
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International LL.M. Degree One year (Sept June) Nearly 50
courses & seminars in Law Faculty Wide selection of courses
from other graduate programs Eligible for Ph.D. program Significant
Fellowships
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LL.M. Program for International Students
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LL.M. Student Introduces TAU Alumni Supreme Court Justice Yoram
Danziger During Visit to the Supreme Court
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Selected Courses in LLM Specialization: Law & Technology
Seminar: Biotech & Religion: Israel in a Comparative
Perspective Seminar: Law & Information Technology Course:
Corporate Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy Course:
Digital Copyright Course: Intellectual Property Policy Course:
Introduction to Information Law Course: Introduction to
Intellectual Property Course: IP in the Digital Age Course:
Licensing of Intellectual Property Course: Visual Arts and the
Law
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Student Exchange Agreements University of Virginia Cornell
University Boston University UCLA Bucerius (Germany) EBS (Germany)
McGill (Canada) Osgoode Hall (Canada) Ottowa (Canada) Queens U
(Canada) Toronto (Canada) Bergen (Norway) KoGuan (China) STL
(China) Tsinghua (China) Jindal Global (India) University of Hong
Kong Singapore Management U Monash (Australia) Sydney (Australia)
Sciences Po (Paris) Seoul (South Korea) Lucern (Switzerland)
Bocconi (Italy)
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Scholarships for Outstanding Post-Doctoral Researchers from
China Each fellowship provides 100,000 Israeli shekels
(approximately 26,000 US Dollars) per year for a period of two
years, with the possibility of a third-year extension. Fellows in
the program will have full access to the library services. They
will also be able to audit courses and workshops given at the
Faculty, and to attend Faculty conferences and symposiums. Also
shorter term (few weeks to few months) research visits as visiting
scholars. In 2013-14, we will host 21 international and Israeli
post-docs and visiting scholars.
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The websites of the specific LL.M. and student exchange
programs: The International LLM program: http://studylaw.tau.ac.il/
The Student Exchange Program at:
http://www6.tau.ac.il/law_exchange/ For opportunities for Chinese
Post-Doctoral candidates see:
http://www.tau.ac.il/law/scolarfortoar2/chinaIndia/FinalPost-
DoctoralChinaIndia2014-15.docx
http://www.tau.ac.il/law/scolarfortoar2/chinaIndia/FinalPost-
DoctoralChinaIndia2014-15.docx