Prof. Sharon Hannes
Jeremy Weisman
Supervisor/s
Biography
Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, Jeremy immigrated to Israel in 2000. After completing military service, Jeremy spent four years at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel, earning an LLB, LLM and MBA, and serving as a senior editor of "Mechkaray Mishpat" (the Bar-Ilan Law Review). Following a year working in the international corporate division at a leading Israeli law firm, Jeremy commenced studies toward a PhD in law at Tel Aviv University's Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies.
For 2011, Jeremy was appointed a Visiting Fellow at the Program on Corporate Governance at Harvard Law School, and the following year as a Visiting Researcher, also at Harvard Law School. During the summer of 2012, Jeremy explored questions in legal ethics in Poland and Germany as a member of FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethic). Jeremy's primary research focuses are corporate governance and law & technology.
As the focus of his dissertation, Jeremy puts-forth a fair and efficient solution for valuing and treating uncertain, future harms. In particular, developing a model for contingent products-liability creditors of manufacturing firms based on respecting the scope, symmetry and the safety of potential (future) harms at the present.
Research Interests
Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Products-Liability, Law & Economics, Privacy law, Law & Technology.
CV
Education
Present- 2009 PhD [Law] candidate Tel Aviv University: Buchman Faculty of Law
Fellow, Tzvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies
Dissertation Title: “Optimal Anti-Certainty” – a Respect-Based Approach for Valuing Uncertain Harms. Faculty Advisor - Prof. Sharon Hannes - Buchman Faculty of Law, Director of Cegla Center for Interdisciplinary Research of the Law.
2012-2013 Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School
Faculty Host: Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk,
2012 Summer Fellow, FASPE – Fellowships at Aushwitz for Study of Professional Ethics
Member of delegation exploring the legal profession’s role in enhancing or stymieing ethical behavior
2011 – 2012 Fellow, Program for Corporate Governance, Harvard Law School
Program Director: Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk,
2007–2006 LLM Bar Ilan University: Faculty of Law
Magna Cum Laude [2nd in Class]; Member of Senior Editing Staff of Bar Ilan Law Review – Mechkary Mishpat
2006–2003 LLB Bar Ilan University: Faculty of Law
Magna Cum Laude; Member of Editorial Board of Bar Ilan Law Review Mechkary Mishpat; Captain - Univ. Debate Society
2007 – 2005 MBA Bar Ilan University: Faculty of Social Sciences
International MBA – Program conducted entirely in English; Focus on international commerce.
2005-2003 Bar Ilan University: Center For Advanced Torah Studies
Member of Institute’s Advanced Talmud Study Program; Recipient of Spiegelman Award for academic achievement.
Academic and Professional Experience
2013 Teaching Assistant, Buchman Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University Course: The Economics of the Japanese Law with visiting Prof. J. Mark Ramseyer
Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University
2014 Course: Legal Research Methods – preparing 2nd year law students for academic research and writing.
2010-2009 Course: Corporate Law, Prof. David Haan
2007-2005 Course: Enrichment Lessons for 1st year legal students of minority backgrounds and new immigrants.
2009 – 2008 Legal Clerkship: Yigal Arnon & Co. International Dept.
Specializing in international mergers & acquisitions, V.C. investments, and corporate finance.