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Innovation University for the Start-Up Nation November 2013 Professor Ron Harris Dean, Faculty of Law TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY Professor Eyal Benvenisti Director, International LL.M. TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

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Tel Aviv University Plays a Key Role in Israels High-Tech, Cyber, Biomedical, Energy & Defense Sectors

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Founded in 1956, Tel Aviv University is Israels Largest, Most Comprehensive University

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9 Faculties, 125 Departments, and 130 Research Institutes

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Each year, over 1,500 International Students from more than 60 Countries

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*2013 data from TechCrunchs CrunchBase API, surveying 2,500 startup founders in the USA who have raised VC funding for their startups Tel Aviv University Alumni: Ranked Top 15 Worldwide In Schools Producing Successful Start-Up Entrepreneurs

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Tel Aviv University: Israel Rankings #1 in patents filed among academic institutions #1 in the number of scientific publications #1 in research output among Israeli universities #1 in research impact among Israeli universities #1 choice for students from among Israels 69 universities & colleges #1 choice of graduates for Israeli employers

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Student Testimonial

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BUCHMANN FACULTY OF LAW Your Mediterranean Gateway to Global Excellence

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TAU Faculty of Law at a Glance Founded in 1969 41Tenured Professors 26 are graduates of Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia, NYU, Oxford, UC-Berkeley #1 Choice for Students Highest Average Grades #1 Choice for Israeli Employers

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Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject- rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studieshttp://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject- rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studies QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Law

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Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject- rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studieshttp://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject- rankings/2013/law-and-legal-studies QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Law

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TAU Faculty of Law: 64 Publications in Top 20 General Law Journals Michigan Law Review Cornell Law Review U Toronto Law Journal Yale Law Journal Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Columbia Law Review Georgetown Law Journal UCLA Law Review Stanford Law Review Virginia Law Review Minnesota Law Review Texas Law Review NYU Law Review Northwestern U Law Review

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TAU Faculty of Law: 41 Publications in Top Specialized Law Journals American Journal of Comparative Law American Journal of International Law American Review of Law and Economics International Review of Law and Economics Journal of Empirical Legal Studies Journal of Law, Economics and Organization Journal of Legal Studies Law and Social Inquiry Law and Society Law and History Review Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence Law and Philosophy

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Books by Faculty Members in World Leading University Presses: 2008-2013

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Theoretical Inquiries in Law: International Ranking TIL: Law Journal Published by TAU Law is committed to theoretical exploration of the law, and is based on Faculty/student partnership. #1 for non-U.S. law journal for Impact Factor and Currency-Factor; #2 of 664 in the combined ranking, in all subjects. #3 for all journals in the category of Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (#3 including U.S. law reviews, ahead of prestigious journals such as Law & Social Inquiry (#4), Law & Society Review (#5), and Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (#6). According to 2012 Washington & Lee rankings

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TAU Law Faculty Serve on the Editorial Boards of Internationally Recognized Journals American Journal of International Law (Benvenisti) International Law in Domestic Courts (Benvenisti) Laws (Dagan) Law and Social Inquiry (Likhovski) Comparative Legal History (Likhovski) European Journal of International Law (Lustig) International Labour Review (Mundlak) The Reasoner (Pundik) International Review of Law and Economics (Tabbach) Law & History Review (Harris)

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TAU Faculty: Visiting Professors at Top US Law Schools 5 at Columbia University 5 at New York University 4 at Harvard University 4 at University of Michigan 4 at Northwestern University 3 at University of California - Berkeley 2 at Yale University 2 at University of Chicago 2 at University of Pennsylvania 2 at University of Virginia 2 at Georgetown University 2 at University of California - Los Angeles 2 at University of Southern California (Gould)

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63 Visiting Professors from Top Law Schools at TAU New York University Harvard University Yale University Cambridge University Cornell University Columbia University Duke University Georgetown University Northwestern University University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania University of Virginia Max Planck Institute University of Paris University of Hamburg Jiao Tong University Stanford University University of Michigan - Ann Arbor University of California - Berkeley University of California - Los Angeles University of Southern California University of Texas Austin University of Minnesota Twin Cities * Last 7 Years

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TAU Faculty of Law: Academic Centers & Institutes The Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics The David Berg Institute for Law and History The Taubenschlag Institute of Criminal Law The Batya and Isachar Fischer Center for Corporate Governance and Capital Market Regulation The Minerva Center for Human Rights GlobalTrust Research Project

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Our Alumni Leading the Legal Academia in the US Prof. Dotan Oliar University of Virginia Prof. Oren Bracha University of Texas Prof. Michal Barzuza University of Virginia Prof. Lucian A. Bebchuk Harvard University Prof. Yochai Benkler Harvard University Prof. Barak Orbach University of Arizona Prof. Gabriella Blum Harvard University Prof. Oren Bar-Gil NYU Prof. Ayelet Shachar University of Toronto

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Our Alumni on the Israeli Supreme Court Uzi Vogelman Yoram DanzigerDaphne Barak-Erez Esther Hayut Hanan Melcer

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Our Alumni Senior Government Officials Harel Locker General Director, Prime Ministers Office Silvan Shalom Minister of Energy & Water Zvi Houser Secretary of the Government Prof. David Gilo Antitrust Commissioner Gideon Saar Minister of Interior Yitzhak Herzog Nitzan Horowitz Moshe Mizrahi Tamar Zandberg Boaz Toporovsky Members of Parliament (Knesset)

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Visiting Professors from top US and International Law Schools including Yale, Harvard, and Oxford TAU Faculty of Law: International Programs LLB. Student Exchange Programs LL.M. Degree Ph.D. Degree Nearly 50 classes taught in English Students from over 20 countries

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International LL.M. Degree One year (Sept June) Nearly 50 courses & seminars in Law Faculty Wide selection of courses from other graduate programs Eligible for Ph.D. program Significant Fellowships

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LL.M. Program for International Students

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LL.M. Student Introduces TAU Alumni Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger During Visit to the Supreme Court

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Selected Courses in LLM Specialization: Law & Technology Seminar: Biotech & Religion: Israel in a Comparative Perspective Seminar: Law & Information Technology Course: Corporate Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy Course: Digital Copyright Course: Intellectual Property Policy Course: Introduction to Information Law Course: Introduction to Intellectual Property Course: IP in the Digital Age Course: Licensing of Intellectual Property Course: Visual Arts and the Law

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Student Exchange Agreements University of Virginia Cornell University Boston University UCLA Bucerius (Germany) EBS (Germany) McGill (Canada) Osgoode Hall (Canada) Ottowa (Canada) Queens U (Canada) Toronto (Canada) Bergen (Norway) KoGuan (China) STL (China) Tsinghua (China) Jindal Global (India) University of Hong Kong Singapore Management U Monash (Australia) Sydney (Australia) Sciences Po (Paris) Seoul (South Korea) Lucern (Switzerland) Bocconi (Italy)

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Scholarships for Outstanding Post-Doctoral Researchers from China Each fellowship provides 100,000 Israeli shekels (approximately 26,000 US Dollars) per year for a period of two years, with the possibility of a third-year extension. Fellows in the program will have full access to the library services. They will also be able to audit courses and workshops given at the Faculty, and to attend Faculty conferences and symposiums. Also shorter term (few weeks to few months) research visits as visiting scholars. In 2013-14, we will host 21 international and Israeli post-docs and visiting scholars.

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The websites of the specific LL.M. and student exchange programs: The International LLM program: http://studylaw.tau.ac.il/ The Student Exchange Program at: http://www6.tau.ac.il/law_exchange/ For opportunities for Chinese Post-Doctoral candidates see: http://www.tau.ac.il/law/scolarfortoar2/chinaIndia/FinalPost- DoctoralChinaIndia2014-15.docx http://www.tau.ac.il/law/scolarfortoar2/chinaIndia/FinalPost- DoctoralChinaIndia2014-15.docx

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New Student City Modern On-Campus Housing