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Updates on Past Israel-U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program  Graduates

1984

Joshua Schoffman
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Mental Health Law Project
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Today: Deputy Attorney General for Legislation, Ministry of Justice

1985

Avigdor Feldman
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Founder, ACRI Legal Defense Center
Recipient, 1991 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Today: Private Civil Liberties Law Practice

Neta Ziv
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Women's Legal Defense Center
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
NIF Board Member and Chair of the Grants Committee
Co-Founder, Women' Attorneys for Social Justice
Department of Law and Policy Development, ACRI
Co-founder, Women's Legal Defense Center
Co-founder, Bizchut: Center for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities
NIF Law Program Steering Committee
Doctoral Candidate, Stanford University Law School
Today: Director of Clinical Education Programs at Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law

1986

Adam Fish
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Co-Founder, Association of Forty for Recognition of Arab Villages
Former Board Member, ACRI


1987

Tamar Morag
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Children's Defense Fund
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
National Council for the Child
Chair, Center for the Child and the Law, National Council for the Child
Chair of Steering Committee and the Legislative Committee on the Reevaluation of Israeli Child Law, Ministry of Justice
Today: Lecturer of family Law, The College of Management

Moshe HaCohen
US: National Prison Project
Public Defenders Office
Israel: Co-founder, Criminal Legal Defense Clinics, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, in conjunction with Hebrew University Law School
Today: Jerusalem District Public Defender's Office

1988

Dana Briskman
US: ACLU National Security Project
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Today: State Attorney's Office

Dan Yakir
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Lesbian and Gay Rights and AIDS Project
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Pro Bono Legal Advisor, Society for the Protection of Personal Rights
Pro Bono Legal Advisor, Israel AIDS Task Force
Member, Tel Aviv Municipal Commission for Lesbian and Gay Affairs
Today: Chief Legal Counsel, ACRI

Ilan Saban, Ph.D.
US: Native American Legal Defense Fund
ACLU National Security Project
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
SHATIL - specializing in Bedouin Rights
Law Board Member, Arab Legal Defense Center of the Assn. of Forty
Member, NIF Law Program Committee
Today: Faculty of Law, Haifa University, with Focus on Public Interest and Civil Rights

1989

Yuval Karniel, PhD
US: ACLU National Security Project
Mental Health Law Project
Israel: Israel Press Council
Former General Counsel, Second TV & Radio Authority
Former Special Advisor, Minister of Police and Communication
Private practice in Tel-Aviv
Chair, Keshev
Today: Lecturer, Hebrew University Faculty of Law

Shirra Dunevich
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Israel: Association for Medicine and Law
Israel Women's Network (IWN)
Today: Private Law Practice

1990

Usama Halabi
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Israel: Quaker Legal Aid Center
Today: Private practice

Deuel Peli
US: Mental Health Law Project
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Co-founder and Board Member, Bizchut: Center for Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Co-founder and Board Member, Keshet School: Educational Institute for Religious and Non-Religious Children
Today: Jewish Agency for Israel

Irit Ya'ar
US: ACLU, National Capital Area
Israel: SHATIL - Specializing in Sexual Offenses and Religious Pluralism
Association for Bedouin Rights
Legal Director, Legal Aid Program, Hebrew
University
Today: Private Law Practice

1991

Muhammed Dahleh
US: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Board Member, ACRI
Board Member, Community Advocacy-Project Genesis
Board Member, Israel Cable TV Authority
Board Member, Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights
Member, Steering Committee, NIF Civil Liberties Law Program
Today: Private Law Practice

Dana Marshak-Marom
US: District of Columbia Public Defenders Office
DC Prisoners Legal Services Project
Israel: Center for Legal Aid in Criminal Cases
Today: Magistrate of the Juvenile Court

Boaz Oren
US: Center for International Environmental Law
Israel: Adam Teva V'Din: Israel Union for Environmental Defense
Today: Department for International Agreements and International Litigation, Ministry of the Environment 

Tawfiq Jabareen
US: National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law
Israel: Association of Forty for Recognition of Arab Villages
SHATIL, Equal Access Program
Founder and Staff Attorney, Arab Legal Defense Center of the Assn. of Forty
Today: Private Law Practice

Noya Rimalt
US: National Women's Law Center
ACLU, Center for National Security Studies
Israel: Human Rights Law Clinic at Tel Aviv University
Today: Haifa University Law School

Ada Shamir-Orvito
US: ACLU, National Capital Area People for the American Way
Israel: Sixty Plus Senior Citizens' Organization
Chair of Board, Elul Center
Board Member, Association for the Advancement of Women's Health
Member of Israeli Advisory Board, Institute of American Jewish-Israeli Relations, American Jewish Committee
Office of the Legal Advisor, National Insurance Institute
Today: Private practice

1993

Gidon Bromberg
US: Center for International Environmental Law
U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Litigation Division
Israel: Adam Teva V'Din: Israel Union for Environmental Defense
Good Water Neighbors
East West Institute's International Task Force for Preventive Diplomacy
Member of the Israeli inter-ministerial committee on the future of the Dead Sea
Member of the Israel UNESCO World Heritage Committee
Member of the inter-ministerial committee for Sustainable Development in Israel
Director of Eco-Peace: Middle East Environmental NGO Forum
Today: 2007 World Fellowship at Yale University on global leadership

Israel Doron, PhD
US: American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
National Health Law Program
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Lecturer in Senior Citizens' Law, Haifa University
Founder, Organization for the Advancement of Senior Citizens Rights
Today: Private Law Practice

Hadas Tagari
US: ACLU, National Capital Area Women's Legal Defense Fund
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Lecturer at Hebrew University, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya
Today: Working on doctorate at Bar Ilan University, family law and social change

Carole Younes
Canada: Project Genesis, Montreal
Israel: Community Advocacy, Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva


 


1994

Hassan Jabareen
US: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Today: Executive Director, Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights

Miriam Gitlin
US: Friends of the Earth International
Israel: Adam Teva V'Din: Israel Union for Environmental Defense

1995

Moshe Cohen – Eliya, Ph.D
US: American Civil Liberties Union, National Capital Region
Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC)
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Haifa
Today: Haifa University Law School and Ramat Gan Law School

Dafna Hacker
US: Womens Legal Defense Fund
Ayuda (community-based legal assistance for Hispanic women)
Israel: Israel Women's Network
Today: Law Faculty for Women and Gender Studies, Tel Aviv University

Dan Liberty
US: Natural Resources Defense Council
Center for International Environmental Law
Israel: Adam Teva V'Din: Israel Union for Environmental Defense

1996

Yousef Jabareen
U.S. American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Legal Department
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel, (ACRI)
Founder of the Arab Center for Law and Policy
Today: Lecturer at Law Schools of Tel Aviv University and Haifa University, legal consultant for social change organizations

Gila Stopler
U.S. ACLU, National Capital Area
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Tel Aviv office
Today: Lecturer for the Ramat Gan Law School

1997

Jamil Dakwar
U.S. Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
(employment and housing discrimination issues)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Israel: Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
 
Omri Kaufman
U.S. People for the American Way
American Civil Liberties Union, National Capital Area
Israel: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)
Today: Private law practice

1998

Jasmin Keshet
U.S. Government Accountability Project
Israel: Transparency International Israel Chapter
Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
Tebeka
Today: Private practice in Civil Rights and Immigration Law

Marwan Dalal
U.S. Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Today: Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel

1999

Suhad Hammoud
U.S. Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Capital Region
Israel: Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Today: Private practice

Tali Gal
U.S. Israel: Office of Victim Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
Israel: Director, Center for the Child and the Law of the National Council for the Child

2000

Yisraela Gratzyani
U.S. National Partnership for Women and Families
American Civil Liberties Union, National Capital Area
Israel: Israel Women Network
Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)
Hemdat - Public Committee For Freedom of Science, Religion and Culture in Israel at the "Forum For Free Marriage."
Today: Private practice

Yohanna Lerman
U.S. Public Defenders Office
Transnational Crime and Corruption Center, American University
Israel: Yedid
Today: Private practice dealing in Human Rights

Bana Shoughry-Badarne
U.S. Human Rights Watch
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Israel: “Sawa”
Member of The Coalition for Equality in Personal Status Issues for Palestinian-Arab Women Citizens of Israel
Today: Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI)

2001

Netta Amar
U.S.: Washington College of Law, The American University
Israel: ACRI
Today: Legal department of Diakonia

Gadeer Nicola
US: Washington College of Law, The American University
Israel: Adalah: Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights
Today: Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University – Human Rights Program for Educational Legal Clinics

2002

Einat Hurvitz
US: People for the American Way
Today: Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC)

Durgham Saif
US: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee
Israel: Tel Aviv University, Buchman Law Faculty, Clinical Education Program
Today: Legal department for Karamah for Human Rights

2003

Dana Myrtenbaum
US: Human Rights Watch - The division for Middle East and North Africa
The Protection Project (The combat against global trafficking in persons, especially women and children) of the John Hopkins University.
Israel: “Legal Leaders and the legal feminist clinic" Program
Isha L’Isha (Woman to Woman)
"The Anti-Trafficking of Women to the Israeli sex-industry" Project
The Program to Educate and Train for the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1325
Today: Itach-Maaki (Together With You) - Women Lawyers for Social Justice

Sawsan Zaher
US: Global Fund for Human Rights
National Partnership for Women and Families
Amnesty International
Israel: Kayan:  Palestinian-Israeli Feminist Organization
Today: Adalah:  Legal Center for Minority Rights in Israel

2004

Nidal Abed El Gafer
US: American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee
Israel: Shatil Mixed Cities Project
Today: Private practice

2005

Karine Elharrar
Today: The Clinic for Women’s Mental Disabilities Rights – Legal Faculty, Bar Ilan University

Hicham Chabaita
NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
Today: Legal Studies, Tel Aviv University

2006

Morad El Sana
Israel: Adalah
Today: Current Law fellow

Gil Gan-Mor
Israel: HaMoked: Center for the Defense of the Individual
Today: Current Law fellow

2007

Itzhak Dessie
Israel: Ethiopian Student Council in the North, Haim Tzadok Firm, Tebeka - the Ethiopian Immigrant Center for Legal Community Advocacy, Coalition of 12 national organizations in the North, Center, and South.
Today: Current Law fellow

Majd Bader
Israel: Justice Ministry's Counseling and Legislation Department, ACRI Legal Department, Hebrew University's Civil Rights Clinic. 
Today: Current Law fellow