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Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law Magazine Passover 5776, April 2016 The Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law Magazine Donations are Discrimination more than 2.0 money Even in e-commerce women earn less New Faculty institute brings order to the field of philanthropy Social Change Counsel Begins at Speaks Out Home Adv. Meir Linzen assumes The Faculty’s student responsibility for legal population research undergoes revolution Graduate in Born to the Headlines Research Avihai Madelblit, Congratulations to the new Attorney General of Israel Institute for Intellectual Property Not a Celebrity After turmoil surrounding the natural gas governmental plan, Prof. David Gilo, former Director-General of Israel’s Antitrust Authority, returns to the Buchmann Faculty of Law. Despite the success of his term with the Antitrust Authority and the feedback that he still receives all round, Gilo refuses to admit that the Antitrust field, or himself for that matter, have become unwitting celebrities. Page 2 / De iure / April 2016 Page 3 / De iure / April 2016 Save the Date Good Morning, 4 6 On your mark, 8 Upcoming Events at the Please Take get set, go! Note from the Dean Buchmann Faculty of Law Out Your… Finger On Laptops We Contribute The Pulse > 9.5.16 Through Work of Law The S. Horowitz Institute for Intellectual Today’s exams are not what they used The Law Faculty donates in a variety of We have opened up a new field of Property and the David Berg Institute for to be. ways towards reform within insolvency. research in Israel, with a direct influence and Israeli Law and History launch a new book by on that thing…social justice! Remember Prof. Neil W. Netanel (UCLA Law School): the name: Law and Philanthropy. Society From Maimonides to Microsoft - The Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth The Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law is a leading international law school. of Print. Bringing about 10 Graduate 13 Discrimination 15 This is a fact which I am happy to mention at any opportunity. Numerating the reasons which brought us to this position is, however, somewhat more difficult. I believe change, once in the on Screen “De iure” magazine meets this challenge by giving a glimpse into certain aspects of the again Headlines Faculty’s multifaceted activity. Parallel to our research activity and the development of new programs of study, methods of teaching and evaluation, some of you might be > 19.5.16 surprised by the extent of our involvement, rich in depth and breadth by any standard, The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics in matters at the center of attention of the legal world in Israel and abroad. We actively and the Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber search for ways to improve the reality we live in. Moreover and without exaggeration, Research Center host the third privacy The Faculty leads, not for the first time, What you know, Avihai Mandelblit, the Dr. Tamar Kricheli-Katz proves that our Faculty could not be further from an ivory tower. You will see in the following pages workshop titled: Privacy, Cyber and a revolution in the social composition of new Attorney-General of Israel, was not commerce may have advanced but that we are deeply involved in the promotion of legal reforms and legislation; we do not Technology the student population. the most disciplined student. human beings less so. hesitate to engage with the relentless escalating demands of Israeli real estate; we ask foundational questions imperative to the forthcoming reform in the field of bankruptcy; we spotlight the rise of philanthropy, a highly significant social economic resource, for No 16 Social 20 Let’s 22 the first time, and we have dedicated a new research institute to meet the challenges > 23.5.16 Anger, No and facing intellectual property laws in a dynamically changing technological environment; Patent Moot Court: Antitrust Law. Host: Prof. we exposed the existence of gender discrimination in the online market; we contribute Regrets Unique David Gilo. Tribunal: Salim Joubran, It to the increasing use of the socially beneficial legal tool that is class action. Finally, we Supreme Court Justice, Judge Nava Ben- pursue affirmative action measures by effectively opening the ranks of quality legal Or, Head of the Antitrust Court, and Prof. education for underrepresented sectors in Israeli society. Ariel Porat (Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law). The above insights are complimented by a variety of innovations and developments Prof. David Gilo returns to the Faculty Spotlighting one of the Faculty’s eight How to provide the Board of Trustees, in within the Faculty such as the computerized exams project, and the ways we endeavor somewhat a different person, after four legal clinics – the fast rise in reputation of a single evening, a swift panoramic view and a half years as the Director-General the Clinic for Class Action. of the ongoing research activity within to strengthen our valued partnership with our esteemed Board of Trustees. In addition, of the Antitrust Authority. the Faculty? we welcome back Prof. David Gilo, a senior researcher in the Faculty who until recently > 29.5.16 was at the center of a contentious public debate in the field of antitrust, and offers us a sober perspective on his time spent in public service. Likewise, an important graduate Israel Affordable Housing Center Conference: High 24 The Aim: 28 Invested 30 of the Faculty, Adv. Meir Linzen, the Directing Partner of the largest law firm in Israel, A New Neighborhood with a Diversified shares with us his skilled analysis of the future of the practice of law in Israel. Finally, Social Composition: “The Tel Aviv Sde Dov Hopes for Affordable Then, as a special bonus under: “Graduate in the Headlines,” you will find the new Attorney Neighborhood as a Test Case”. Newborn Housing in Our Invested General of Israel, Dr. Avihai Mandelblit. Institute Lifetime Now I believe that the wide range of topics dealt with in this special Passover issue will peak the interest of any reader, even if not a legal practitioner, and not less important will > 6.6.16 form a strong sense of pride in the heart of anyone who is connected to the Tel Aviv The Annual International Conference held A new Institute for Intellectual Property The story of a small, determined group Adv. Meir Linzen, Directing-Partner at University Buchmann Faculty of Law; whether faculty members or staff, students of by the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics: was inaugurated in the Faculty. in its battle against the escalating costs in Israel’s largest law firm, and Cum Laude Godfather: Dr. Francis Gurry, Director- graduate of the Faculty, on the responsibility all degrees and of course all of our graduates, many good friends and supporters. The Ethics of Pain – Secular and Religious real estate. General of WIPO. of the legal practice to legal research. magazine showcases the fact that we have much to be proud of. May it inspire us to Suffering. continue onward with excellence into the future. Happy Passover De iure > 11-13.7.16 The Tel Aviv University and enjoyable reading The 19th International Conference of BuchmannLaw Buchmann Faculty of Law Magazine www.en-law.tau.ac.il the Jewish Law Association: Impact of Yours, Editors: Matan Orian and Taryn Bak Tel. +972 3 640 7257 Prof. Ron Harris Technology, Science, and Knowledge on Graphic Design: Rakefet Oved Enquiries and Suggestions: Jewish Law and Ethics. Cover Photography: Gadi Ohad [email protected] Page 4 / De iure / April 2016 Page 5 / De iure / April 2016 thrilled for the opportunity to expand their business to the Israeli market, and A difficult test in Torts? they even sent a representative to supervise Present in the Buchmann the test-run.” Faculty of Law, future in other places. We should bear in mind But what if I don’t have a laptop? that the last time these “It’s simple,” says Prof. Roy Kreitner, the students were tested faculty’s Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, who was behind the endeavor to using pen and paper computerize the exams, “our library loans was their matriculation laptops for students anyway, so there is no exams, not exactly a problem to borrow one for an exam, and the exams program is already installed on fond memory. Taking these laptops.” a test on your own personal laptop already And how do the students react to this novelty? allays the anxiety. “Perhaps you should first of all ask how those responsible for grading the exams react…” Prof. Kreitner smiles. “Both they and the Prof. Roy Kreitner students are happy about it. I can testify from my own personal experience regarding And what is the University’s stand in the first group. With respect to the students, that regard? it comes up in their conversations with the “The University is very curious about this secretaries, as well as in a feedback form, project” Dr. Pundik reveals, “exams on before. In addition, a computerized exam computerized of course, that we’ve asked laptops is quite a common view in leading easily allows for a more equilibrated grading them to fill out. We should bear in mind law schools and in universities in general process by the fact that the same person can that the last time these students were tested in the U.S., so there is an understanding in check the same question in all of the exams using pen and paper was their matriculation our university that this is an inevitable move without requiring any special and tedious exams, not exactly a fond memory. Taking and we were more than happy to present the coordination between all those who check a test on your own personal laptop already project’s outcomes to the Tel Aviv University the exams of the entire class.
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