The College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan is offering a program that is the first of its kind in Israel - an LL.B. program taught jointly in Hebrew and English. The program will open in February 2014 and is primarily directed at young new immigrants and children of Israelis living abroad who are thinking of moving to Israel. The college says that program will be taught by lecturers from leading universities in the US, including Chicago, Brown and NYU, and by Israeli lecturers who received their legal training at outstanding universities in Israel and worldwide.
Prof. Moshe Cohen-Eliya, Dean of the Law School at the College of Law and Business, said, "The field of international law is conducted exclusively in English. As part of the College of Law and Business's vision of becoming Israel's first global academic institution, we are proud to launch the first program in Israel tailored specifically to the needs of English speakers.
"About three years ago, we were the first of all Israeli academic institutions to apply to the Council for Higher Education to open an LL.B. program to be taught entirely in English. The Council for Higher Education decided to establish a committee to examine the feasibility, in principle, of a complete LL.B. program in English. The program taught partially in English, which we will be launching in the winter of 2014, is the first step and a pioneering move in realizing our global vision."
The program makes it possible for students to take half of the courses in English, while the other courses taught in Hebrew will be adapted to the needs of English speakers. In total, students will be able to take 70 out of 140 credit units in English. Students in the program will be able to submit papers and exams in English, even in the courses that are taught in Hebrew. In addition, special tutors will provide support for students in the courses taught in Hebrew.
The three-and-a-half-year program will offer students a variety of possibilities for study and training abroad, including a course on copyright in the Internet era held at Oxford, a course on international commercial arbitration offered at the headquarters of the ICC in Paris, clerkship at the immigration clinic run by Harvard University in the US and more. Students will also be eligible to participate in the prestigious Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition funded by the International Red Cross.
According to Prof. Cohen-Eliya, graduates will be eligible to take the Israeli and New York bar exams.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on December 23, 2013
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