Dean's Welcome
The mission of the Law faculty at the Academic Center for Law & Business (the CLB) is to train the next generation of jurists for the challenges of the 21st century.
We offer students the best faculty, with lecturers who have acquired their doctoral degrees and have pursued their post-doctorates at the finest universities in the world including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Berkeley, Chicago and Oxford. Publications by our lecturers appear in leading international journals. At the same time, the CLB takes care to ensure a high level of instruction: we were ranked second out of 28 of the higher education institutions in Israel, with respect to student satisfaction with the level of instruction, in a survey by the Council for Higher Education.
The world of law has become global. It is no longer possible today to understand Public Law, Business Law or Criminal Law without relating to the dramatic impact of globalization. We at the CLB intend preparing the jurists of the future for the challenges of globalization. Outstanding students are invited to participate in our International Law Journal, Law and Ethics of Human Rights, which is published by the Berkeley University Press, and to edit articles by the best authors in the world on fundamental issues in the area of human rights; the Academic Center runs international research workshops; our students have participated in international course in Oxford, Paris and elsewhere, and they enjoy excellent achievements. In addition – we also enable students to take a course that prepares them for the New York State Bar Association examinations.
Professionalism is more than just a superior analytical ability or in-depth knowledge of the area of work. In exchange for the social prestige and recognition that the lawyer enjoys, she is required to give society something in return: a commitment to the values of fairness, social responsibility, honesty and human rights. The Law School at the CLB is the pioneer in Israel in clinical training, where we provide education in ethics and professionalism. We offer a wealth of clinical legal training in areas such as corporate responsibility, education, environmental justice, human rights, discrimination and prisoners' rights, etc. Our students accompanied our clinical lawyers in establishing the most important legal precedent in 2009: the Supreme Court accepted our petition against the privatization of prisons in Israel (the High Court of Justice 2605/05, The Academic Center of Law & Business v The Minister of Finance).
Alongside the education regarding values, we prepare our students for the challenges of the dynamic and competitive world of lawyering: we assist students in preparing for the Bar Association examinations – our graduates have achieved impressive results when it comes to passing the Bar Association examinations (an average of approximately 90% success rate in the Bar Association examinations at the essential time over the last five years). We also assist students in finding internships: last year alone we helped tens of students in their final year to be accepted for internship at leading law firms in Israel. Law firms recognize the quality of the legal training at the CLB: from a survey conducted on behalf of the Council for Higher Education, it is evident that our graduates are ranked in third place among all the law faculties in Israel vis-à-vis the salaries earned two years after completing their studies. Moreover, the location of our Center, in the heart of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, near the financial center of Ramat Gan, has many advantages.
These facts support our view that it is possible to educate students to become lawyers with a moral commitment alongside a successful career.
We invite you to join us on our exciting journey towards professionalism, excellence and the commitment to values – in preparation for the challenges of the 21st century.
Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya
Dean of the Law School