Prof. Neta Ziv
Dr. Ittay Bar Siman Tov (Bar Ilan University)
Prof. Neta Ziv
Dr. Ittay Bar Siman Tov (Bar Ilan University)
Neta is a PhD candidate at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies at Tel Aviv University. Her research is written under the supervision of Prof. Neta Ziv and Dr. Ittay Bar Siman Tov, and focuses on participation of civil society in legislative process.
Neta completed her first and second degrees in law with distinguished honors at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Btweenהחברה האזרחיתשים עם מוגבלות law)Neta was the director of the Human Rights Program (clinical programs) of the Academic Center of Law and Business, and the instructor of the Clinic for Social Change (2007 – 2016). She was the Legal Adviser and Head of Legal Department in Bizchut, The Israeli Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities (1999 – 2007). In 2006, the JDC awarded Neta with the Zusman Prize for Excellence in Social Service.
Neta was one of the establishers of Itach - Women Lawyers for Social Justice. She also served as the Chairperson of the Advisory Committee for the Commissioner for Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities.
Human Rights, Legislation, Law and Social Change
Education:
2016 - PhD candidate, Tel-Aviv University
1999 – M.A. (summa cum laude) Hebrew University
1994 – L.L.B. (summa cum laude) Hebrew University
Professional Experience:
2007 – 2016 - Director of the Human Rights Program (clinical programs) and Head of the Clinic for Social Change at the Academic Center of Law and Business.
2009 – 2016 - Chairperson of the Advisory Committee for the Commissioner for Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities.
1999 – 2007 - Legal Adviser and Head of Legal Department in Bizchut, The Israeli Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities
1995 – 1996 – Clerk and lawyer, S. Horowitz & Co
1994 – Clerk, Supreme Court, Hon. Justice Dalia Dorner
Academic Experience:
2002 – 2005 - Lecturer, Law Faculty, Bar Ilan University (establisher of the clinic for people with disabilities)
1998 – 1999 – Lecturer, Management Faculty, Tel Aviv University
1997 – 1998 – Editorial Board, Mishpatim Law Rev. (Hebrew University)
1993 – 1994, 1997 – 1999 – Teaching Assistant, Hebrew University and Academic Center for Law & Business (Constitutional Law - Prof. David Kretzmer, Administrative Law - Prof. Yoav Dotan)
"The Legislative Revolution in the Field of Accessibility", The Accessibility of the Israeli Society for Persons with Disability on the Threshold of the 21st Century (D. Feldman, Y. Lahav, S. Haimovitz ed., 2007) [heb]