Israel Bar Association

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.

 A voting station for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at the Magistrate's Court in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023
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

 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

 IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

Katz blocks IDF MAG from speaking to lawyers association


Military top lawyer: Israeli efforts to harm judicial independence hurt IDF

Israel Bar Association held its 12th annual conference on Monday, with notable Israel legal figures touching on the judicial reform.

Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi speaks at the 12th annual Israel Bar Association Conference on Monday, September 4, 2023

Bar association opens ethics probe into MQG head Eliad Shraga

The sister of the disabled soldier had reportedly claimed that Shraga had charged them NIS 1.5 million for services.

 People stand in line at an election booth for the Israel Bar Association vote on June 20, 2023

Israel's Bar joins barrage of High Court petitions against new law

The purpose of the law, the Israeli Bar contended, was to "immunize" the heads of the executive authority from acting within the bounds of reason.

 Judicial reform opponent Amit Becher casts his ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023.

NGOs prepare High Court petitions against reasonableness

If the petition is accepted, it would be the first time the court heard arguments to abolish a matter of a Basic Law.

 THE HIGH Court of Justice has been a paper tiger in everything concerning the Netanyahu bloc’s interests, says the writer

Your Taxes: Israeli accounting bodies should proceed to shake up these matters

The current Israeli judicial crisis is all about checks and balances. Accountants and auditors (as well as judges and lawyers) are part of these checks and balances.

Calculating taxes

Israel is on a slippery slope from democracy to autocracy - opinion

The government is leading smaller attacks on Israelis' freedom that aren't related to judicial reform.

 United Torah Judaism leader Yitzhak Goldknopf and Otzma Yehudit chair Itamar Ben-Gvir with MKs from the likely coalition, November 21, 2022.

Bill to replace Bar Association passes preliminary Knesset vote

Levin says no convening of Judicial Selection Committee without composition change.

 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

Overloaded courts: Does Israel have too many lawyers?

There are about 820 lawyers per 100,000 people in Israel, and according to the Council of Europe in 2020, European states had an average of 164 lawyers per 100,000 inhabitants. 

 Israeli lawyers affiliated with the Black Robes come to protest judicial reforms.

Yariv Levin promises to pass judicial reform as political tensions rise

Justice Minister Yariv Levin has called for the government to push ahead with the controversial judicial reform, whilst protests intensify.

 K SIMCHA ROTHMAN with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset on Wednesday.

Israel set to resume judicial reform legislation on Sunday

Opposition MKs and protest groups said they would ramp up opposition in order to delay the bill.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu looks toward MK Simcha Rothman as they confer with Justice Minister Yariv Levin in the Knesset last week. Levin and Rothman have been emphasizing the larger public welfare, says the writer