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Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law Handbook for International Students 2016-2017 The Office of Student Exchange Program The faculty of Law is dedicated to the memory of Eliezer and Haya Sara Buchmann, parents of Joseph Buchmann TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 6997801 ISRAEL. Exchange Student Program, [email protected], Tel: 972-3-6408649, Fax: 972-3-6405073 E27T XCHANGE PROGRAM CONTACT PERSONS27T .............................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTION27T 27T ............................................................................................................. 4 T27 HE BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW 27T ........................................................................................ 4 A27T BOUT THE STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM27T ........................................................................... 4 A27T CADEMIC CALENDAR 27T ......................................................................................................... 5 ACADE27T MIC INFORMATION 27T ............................................................................................ 6 C27T OURSE REGISTRATION AND VALUE OF CREDITS27T ....................................................................... 6 C27T OURSE LIST AND TIMETABLE 27T ................................................................................................ 6 C27T OURSE REGISTRATION 27T ........................................................................................................ 6 V27T ALUE OF CREDITS 27T .............................................................................................................. 7 D27T ROP/ADD PERIOD 27T ............................................................................................................. 7 C27T ANCELING A CLASS27T ............................................................................................................. 7 E27T XAMS 27T .............................................................................................................................. 7 E27T XAM PROCEDURES 27T ............................................................................................................. 8 A27T PPEALING A FINAL GRADE 27T ................................................................................................... 8 T27 RANSCRIPTS27T ..................................................................................................................... 8 G27T RADING SYSTEM 27T ............................................................................................................... 8 TAU27T EMAIL ACCOUNT 27T ......................................................................................................... 9 S27T TUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS27T .......................................................................................... 9 H27T EBREW LANGUAGE STUDIES27T ............................................................................................... 9 O27T RIENTATION DAY27T .............................................................................................................. 9 GENERAL27T INFORMATION 27T ............................................................................................ 10 A27T BOUT ISRAEL27T .................................................................................................................. 10 W27T ORKING HOURS IN ISRAEL: 27T ............................................................................................... 10 C27T URRENCY AND BANKS27T ...................................................................................................... 10 B27T ANKING CARDS27T ............................................................................................................... 10 C27T REDIT CARDS 27T .................................................................................................................. 10 B27T ANK ACCOUNTS27T .............................................................................................................. 11 P27T OST OFFICE 27T .................................................................................................................... 11 C27T ELLULAR PHONES27T ............................................................................................................ 11 C27T ABLE TV 27T ........................................................................................................................ 12 E27T LECTRICAL APPLIANCES 27T .................................................................................................... 12 H27T EALTH CARE & INSURANCE27T ............................................................................................... 12 V27T ISA INFORMATION27T .......................................................................................................... 12 1 C27T USTOMS AND TAXES 27T ........................................................................................................ 12 L27T IVING IN TEL AVIV 27T ........................................................................................................... 13 G27T ETTING TO TEL AVIV 27T ........................................................................................................ 13 H27T OUSING27T ......................................................................................................................... 13 L27T IVING EXPENSES 27T .............................................................................................................. 14 T27 RANSPORTATION 27T ............................................................................................................. 14 W27T HAT TO DO IN “THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS 27T ...................................................................... 16 C27T ULTURE AND ENTERTAINMENT 27T ........................................................................................... 16 T27 EL AVIV FOOD AND NIGHTLIFE 27T ........................................................................................... 16 R27T ESTAURANTS AND CAFES 27T ................................................................................................... 18 R27T ELIGIOUS LIFE27T ................................................................................................................. 18 S27T PORTS AND LEISURE 27T......................................................................................................... 18 O27T THER ATTRACTIONS: 27T ........................................................................................................ 19 B27T EACHES 27T ......................................................................................................................... 19 S27T HOPPING27T ....................................................................................................................... 19 T27 OURISM 27T ......................................................................................................................... 20 UNIVERSITY27T INFORMATION 27T ........................................................................................ 21 E27T MERGENCY NUMBERS27T ...................................................................................................... 21 TAU27T FACULTY OF LAW 27T ...................................................................................................... 21 U27T NIVERSITY BOOK STORE27T ................................................................................................... 22 C27T AMPUS FIRST AID: 03-640-8666 27T ..................................................................................... 22 D27T ENTAL FIRST AID ON CAMPUS: 03-640-9551 27T .................................................................... 22 L27T AW LIBRARY27T ................................................................................................................... 22 U27T NIVERSITY MAP27T ............................................................................................................. 22 20127T 5-2016 ACADEMIC CALENDAR – SPRING SEMESTER27T.............. ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. 2 Exchange Program Contact Persons Program Director Prof. Neta Ziv Room 321, Minkoff Building (Buchmann Faculty of Law) Email: [email protected] Program Coordinator Marie Madvil Room 028, Trubowicz Building (Buchmann Faculty of Law) Email: [email protected] Office: 972-3-6408649 Fax: 972-3-6405073 Student Social Coordinator Maya Avram Email: [email protected] Mailing Address Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 6997801 ISRAEL Exchange Program website http://www6.tau.ac.il/law_exchange/ 3 INTRODUCTION The Buchmann Faculty of Law Located at the heart of Tel Aviv, TAU Law Faculty is Israel’s premier law school. It offers an environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of renowned faculty, vibrant student life, ample opportunities for clinical training, and extracurricular activities. Small by design, the faculty’s impact on the legal world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through numerous centers and projects. TAU faculty publish in the most prestigious law reviews and university presses and lecture regularly at leading law schools in the United States and Europe. Our faculty’s scholarship has a significant and continuing impact on Israeli law and is widely discussed by academics abroad. At the same time, TAU is a pioneer in the Israeli legal