The New Israel Fund's Legal Professionals initiative invites
our community to an Israeli Business Forum event on Wednesday\, July 27 w
ith Professor Neta Ziv. A former vice-chair of the NIF Board\, Professor
Ziv currently serves as the director of Clinical Education Programs at Te
l Aviv University. She has acted as counsel in many of Israel’s major
human rights cases argued before the Israeli Supreme Court\, and is also a
prominent advocate for women's rights and the rights of people with disab
ilities.
The event will feature a conversation on the topi
c 'Women\, Religion and Individual Liberties: The Israeli Model\,' as well
as networking opportunities.
Wednesday\, July 27th
6:30-7
PM Networking reception\, 7-8 PM Presentation and Q&A
White & Case LL
P\, 1155 Avenue of the Americas (44th Street entrance)\, NYC
Cost: $2
0
Kindly RSVP to reserve a spot
\nAbout the speaker:
Prof. Neta Ziv is the director of The Cegla Clinical Law Programs at
the Buchmann Faculty of Law\, Tel Aviv University. She is the academic su
pervisor of the Housing and Community Law Clinic and teaches courses on Le
gal Ethics and the Legal Profession\, Law and Social Change and Rights of
People with Disabilities.
Prof. Ziv served as a leading attorney i n some of Israel’s major human rights cases litigated before the Israeli Supreme Court. She was among the founding members of the Israel Women’s Network Legal Center\; served as the chair of Bizchut\, the Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities\, and currently serves as a boa rd member of 'Itach - Women Lawyers for Social Justice.' She was a board m ember and Vice President of The New Israel Fund.
\nProf. Ziv receive d her LL.B. from the Hebrew University\, her LL.M. from The American Unive rsity in Washington\, DC and a J.S.D. from Stanford Law School in Californ ia.