Mary is a PhD candidate at the Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies. She holds an LLM in international legal studies from the American University Washington College of Law (2015) and an LL.B. from the University of Haifa (2012). Mary is mainly interested in international law and her doctoral studies, done under the supervision of Prof. Assaf Likhovski and Dr. Doreen Lustig, focus on the history of international law in Egypt.
Mary Haddad

Biography
CV
EDUCATION
Tel-Aviv University – Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
PhD Candidate, March 2020-Current
Tel-Aviv University – Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
LLM Thesis Completion, October 2018-November 2019
Thesis: The Thin Threads of Statehood: Family Law, International Law, and Palestinian Sovereignty
American University Washington College of Law, Washington, DC, USA
Master of Laws in International Legal Studies, July 2015
Concentration in Human Rights
University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Arts in Communication (B.A.), September 2012
EXPERIENCE
Tel-Aviv University – Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Teaching Assistant, February 2021– Current (Public International Law, Dr. Doreen Lustig)
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev – Department of Politics and Government, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Research Assistant, October 2017 – October 2018 (Dr. Michal Givoni)
Lawyers for Good Governance, Nazareth, Israel
Researcher, February 2017 – October 2017
Dirasat-Arab Center for Law and Policy, Nazareth, Israel
Fellow, September 2015 – September 2016
Public Defender's Office – Ministry of Justice, Jerusalem, Israel
Resident, March 2013 – February 2014
SCHOLARSHIPS
Zvi Meitar Scholarship for Advanced Legal Studies (2020-current)
Zvi Meitar Scholarship for Advanced Legal Studies (2018-2019)
The New Israel Fund Herman Schwartz Human Rights Law Fellowship (2014-2016)
Organization of Conferences, Forums, and Workshops
The Forum for Gender, Religion, and Nationality from a Local Perspective (Member of Organizing Committee, October 2019 – September 2020)
Additional Information and Professional Development
Languages Skills: Arabic (fluent), English (fluent), Hebrew (fluent)
Israel Bar Association: Admitted, May 2014
Local Municipality - Environmental Committee, Jish: Representative, December 2018 - Current
Publications
Online Essays
Nidal Hayek and Mary Haddad, Good Governance? Not in Arab Local Municipalities, The Marker (Oct. 23, 2017, 05:14 PM),
https://www.themarker.com/opinion/1.4533658
Reports
Nidal Hayek and Mary Haddad, Lawyers for Good Governance, Transparency Monitor 2017: The Examining of Arab Local Municipalities' Websites (2017).