Our Clinics

Disability Rights Clinic

In Israel today, an estimated 10% of the population lives with physical, sensory, mental or cognitive disabilities. Although Israel has undergone extensive legislative reform in the area of disabilities, proactive advocacy on behalf of persons with disabilities has long been neglected, and therefore the implementation of these reforms leaves much to be desired.

Civil Legal Aid clinic

The Civil Legal Aid Clinic offers legal assistance to populations that cannot afford to engage professional legal aid. Regrettably, the prohibitively high cost of legal assistance often bars those in greatest need from applying for professional help. In addition, oftentimes the weaker populations are unaware of their rights and simply do not realize that legal recourse could save them from their painful predicament.

Women's Legal Aid Clinic

Israeli women in divorce proceedings often find themselves in dire financial straits and cannot afford good legal representation. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that sole authority for marital cases lies with the Rabbinical Courts, where granting a divorce is entirely dependent upon the husband's agreement. Many men abuse this power, refusing to grant their wives a divorce, or demanding an exorbitant price in exchange for one.

Jewish Law Clinic

In Israel, the law permits consenting individuals to take their monetary disagreements to religious court instead of the civil court system. The Jewish religious monetary courts decide cases based on Halacha (Jewish law), and the decisions of such courts are legally binding upon the claimants.

Mediation Clinic

As the courts become more and more crowded, the time lag for court sessions lengthens and the costs of legal recourse increase, a number of alternative dispute resolution techniques (ADR) have arisen to aid people in solving their disagreements outside the courtroom.

The Holocaust Survivors and Elderly Clinic

The Marty Jacob Holocaust Survivors and Elderly Clinic

Bar-Ilan University Inaugurates Clinic for the Advancement of Equality

Bar-Ilan University Inaugurates Clinic for the Advancement of Equality

Environmental Justice Clinic

The Environmental Justice Clinic was founded in 2001 with the goal of advancing the cause of environmental awareness, policy making and activism through legal counsel, research and education. The Clinic offers legal aid to organizations and vulnerable communities suffering from environmental problems, and seeks to combine in-depth legal research with practical legal work in the environmental sphere, emphasizing the link between environmental problems and issues of social justice.