Radzyner Law School

Radzyner Law School
Established 1994
School type Private
Dean Sharon Rabin-Margaliot
Location Herzliya, Israel
Enrollment 1,400
Website


Radzyner Law School Building, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya

Radzyner Law School at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya was established in 1994.

Background

Radzyner Law School at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, was established in 1994 by Prof. Uriel Reichman with the help of Dr. Harry L. Radzyner, is the Interdisciplinary Center’s founding school.[1] The first class of the combined Law and Business Program completed its studies in 1998. Radzyner Law School maintains international collaborations in several levels: each year renowned visiting professors from some of the foremost law schools in the world teach legal courses in English at the school; the students at the school participate in various international activities throughout their studies, such as student exchange programs, joint seminars with foreign law schools and more. In addition, Radzyner Law School is the only Israeli law school that’s a founding member in the Law Schools Global League.[2] The Law Schools Global League is an alliance between over 20 leading law schools from across the globe, promoting collaborations in studies and research in light of globalization and its impact on the legal world.

Until 2013, approximately 6,000 graduates completed their studies at Radzyner Law School.

The Study Program

Undergraduate degree:

Radzyner Law School offers several combined-degree study programs: Law and Business, Law and Government and Law and Psychology. In addition, the school offers an undergraduate program in law for outstanding graduates of previous academic degrees. In the combined Law and Business program, the students select one of several different specialties: Finance; Marketing; Property Law; International Business Law; Internet and Network Studies; Accounting. In the combined Law and Government program, the students select one of several specialties offered by Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy: Diplomacy and Strategy; Public Administration and Politics; Security and Terrorism (Homeland Security); Middle East; Conflict Resolution. In the combined Law and Psychology program, the students study a variety of courses that combine aspects relevant to both disciplines, such as: Decision Making; Social Norms and Values; Psychological Issues in Family Law; Legal Aspects in Clinical Psychology and more.

Radzyner Law School has developed a broad legal clinics program[3] in which law students volunteer in one of nearly 20 legal aid clinics and provide legal assistance to individuals in need and disempowered groups. The various clinics at Radzyner Law School work in collaboration with public institutions, non-profit organizations, private law firms, government offices and more.

Graduate degree:

Radzyner Law School offers a graduate program in law (LL.M.), with a specialization in business law. In addition, the school offers a research LL.M. program for outstanding students, including a thesis. Students admitted to the program receive a full scholarship.

Deans of Radzyner Law School

Law & Business Journal

Law & Business Journal was founded in 2004 and is Radzyner Law School’s law journal. The journal is published annually in two volumes: the first is a collection of articles dealing with a variety of topics in the legal field, and the second is a collection of legal articles in one or several specific fields, selected from the articles that were presented in conferences held by the journal. In addition, the journal manages a website that offers readers free access to the online versions of the articles published in the journal in full text, as well as news updates from the legal world and regular updates on events and conferences sponsored by Radzyner Law School.

Bar Tests

in recent years, graduates students from the Radzyner Law School (RLS) ranked in the top positions among israel's law schools, and ranked constantly first amongst private law schools. the high rankings of the RLS graduates - they even toped the ranking of the 2013 fall tests - placed the school as one of the top law school in the country. in the fall of 2014, the bar association decided to make the test harder to raise the admission level required to enter the profession, and indeed, only 63% of those who took the test managed to pass it, a significant setback from the more usual 70%-80% of past years. Three law school managed to keep very high percentage of admitted students, namely Tel Aviv University Law (97%), The Hebrew University Law (96%), and the IDC Radzyner LS (95%). the number of graduates from RLS who took the test was almost as high as the number of Tel Aviv University and The Hebrew University combined. This test can be seen as the test that saw the emergence of "The Big Three" law schools of Israel.

References

  1. ↑ "IDC’s Combined Degree in Law and Business". Jewish Press. 2013-10-21. Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-11-19. Prof. Sharon Rabin-Margalioth, Dean of the Radzyner School of Law at IDC Herzliya has studied law on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. “In business, local expertise is insufficient; there is a growing need for international business law expertise and the ability to cope with the challenges of globalization. That’s why we’ve established an innovative new program that provides students with significant added value in law and business.”
  2. ↑ https://www.tilburguniversity.edu/about-tilburg-university/schools/law/LawSchoolsGlobalLeague/
  3. ↑ http://sites.idc.ac.il/legalclinics/