Israel Bar Association

High Court orders Levin to justify refusal to convene Judicial Selection Committee

Top justices issue a conditional order, saying judge shortages are harming the public.

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Justice Minister Yariv Levin, Ministers and Mk's attend a plenum session at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 10, 2025.
A voting station for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023

Israeli bar exam passed by nearly 68% of first-time examinees, as divide widens

Overall, 1,545 candidates passed the exam, reflecting a general pass rate of 52.32% and an average score of 59.2.

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Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025

Israel's A-G calls to strike down 'severely harmful' gov't reform of judicial selection

Gali Baharav-Miara warned that the new law transforms judicial appointments into a "political selection mechanism" by granting political actors a clear majority on the committee.

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MK Ayman Odeh attends an emergency conference on the murders in the Arab society at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 21, 2025

Odeh: Majority of both Israelis and Palestinians want war to end

A majority of both Israelis and Palestinians want the war to end, Hadash-Ta'al MK Ayman Odeh said at the Israel Bar Association annual conference in Eilat.

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A benchmark case of sexual misconduct - opinion

Two facts are indisputable: Himi was unfit to fill his role; and the Bar Association, like the judicial system’s disproportionate power over the Knesset, needs some serious curbing.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByRUTHIE BLUM
Israel Bar Association Head Avi Himi carries a speach at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 21, 2023.

Senior lawyer says he will 'use live fire' if Israel turns to dictatorship

"I will not live a single day in a dictatorship," Hodak, a decorated wartime hero and leading Israeli attorney, said during a conference.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israelis protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on January 28, 2023

Israeli Bar Association head resigns after being accused of sex crimes

Himi allegedly performed sexual acts while on a work-related video call with a female lawyer who was seeking his professional expertise.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR
Israel Bar Association Head Avi Himi carries a speach at a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 21, 2023.

Decrease in the number of Bar Association examinees in 2022

AUGUST 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Bar Association certification tests

This week in Jerusalem: End of story

A weekly round up of city affairs.

AUGUST 27, 2022ByPEGGY CIDOR
GOODBYE, BOOKS: Jordan Books closes its doors (Illustrative).

Law firm submits Bar exam answers for early result verification

Interns can check the exam using an online form on the Lawyers website.

JULY 3, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Adv. Erika Solomon Vasser and Adv. Roy Bitton of Lawyers law firm

Mandelblit: ICC jumping on Russia war crimes won’t harm Israel

Mandelblit said that Israel's significant investment in probing its own alleged war crimes would protect it from outside legal cases.

MAY 25, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Outgoing Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit at his retirement ceremony, February 1, 2022.

New Public Defender: Israeli justice system still mistreats defendants

Canaan replaced Yoav Sapir to run the country’s public defender system in December but has not made any major public appearances to date.

MAY 25, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Lawyers Boaz Ben Zur and Amit Hadad arrive to the District Court in Jerusalem for a court hearing as part of the trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on December 1, 2020.

Lawyers group opens first bar exam course

The Israel Bar Association has prepared 27 textbooks at an investment of NIS 1.3 million, for its first certification preparatory course for the bar examination.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Oodles of reading material at an old bookstore in Safed

IDF’s quiet chief legal warrior turns the page

Tomer-Yerushalmi replaced Afek Sharon as IDF'S MAG in September.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
YIFAT TOMER-YERUSHALMI – she had to deal with terrorists, suicide bombings, large numbers of murder cases at the same time, thousands of administrative detention cases and thousands of soldiers being stationed constantly in the West Bank and Gaza – both as a lawyer and then as a judge.