Shay Lavie is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, teaching civil procedure, law and economics, and class actions. He received an S.J.D. degree from Harvard Law School (2012), where he was the recipient of the Byse Fellowship, teaching the non-credit workshop Regulation through Litigation. He holds degrees from Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2007, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), and the Hebrew University (LL.B., 2005, Magna Cum Laude). He served as a law clerk to the then Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, and practiced in class action law firms. His academic work integrates diverse methodologies, including doctrinal analysis, law and economics insights, game theoretical tools, and quantitative methods. It was awarded competitive grants (such as the Israeli Science Foundation) and published in a variety of venues.
Dr. Shay Lavie
Faculty of Law
מנהלת הפקולטה למשפטים
סגל אקדמי בכיר
Biography
Research Interests
Civil Procedure, Class Actions & Complex Litigation, Law & Economics, Game Theory, Empirical Methods.
CV
Education
| 2005 | Hebrew University, LL.B. |
| 2007 | Columbia University, New York USA, LL.M |
| 2012 | Harvard University, Cambridge USA, SJD |
Professional Experience
| 03/2005-02/2006 | Law Clerk, Chief Justice Aharon Barak, Supreme Court of Israel |
| Summer 2008 | Summer Associate, Amit, Pollak, Matalon and Co. Law Offices, Tel Aviv |
| Summer 2009 | Summer Associate, Sanford, Wittels & Heisler LLP, New York |
| Summer and Fall 2012 | Summer Associate, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, New York |
Academic Appointments
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2013-Present |
Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University, Assistant Professor (tenured since 2018) Courses: Civil Procedure; Law & Economics; Class Actions; Economics of Litigation; Regulation through Litigation; Law & Economics Workshop; Empirical Legal Studies Workshop. |
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Fall 2017 |
Cornell Law School, Visiting Professor |
Representative Publications
Judgment-Contingent Penalties: Signaling in Negative Expected-Value Suits, Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming 2022) (co-authored with Avraham Tabbach)
Judgment-Contingent Settlements. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Vol. 36 (forthcoming 2020) (co-authored with Avraham Tabbach).
Adjusting Legal Standards. European Journal of Law & Economics, (forthcoming 2019) (co-authored with Tal Ganor and Yuval Feldman).
Quotas. Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. 34, pp. 21-65, 2018.
- Selected for presentation at the Stanford Int'l Junior Faculty Forum
Litigation Signals. Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 58, pp. 1-57, 2018 (co-authored with Avraham Tabbach).
Torts for Non-Victims: The Case for Third-Party Litigation. Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2018, pp. 1049-1090, 2018 (co-authored with Ehud Guttel and Alon Harel).
Tiered Certication. Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Vol. 19, pp. 69-107, 2018.
Discretionary Review and Undesired Cases. European Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 44, pp. 265–285, 2017.
Appellate Courts and Caseload Pressure, Stanford Law & Policy Review, Vol. 27, pp. 57-100, 2016
- Featured in Law360 (Jan. 24, 2017), [link]
Are Judges Tied to the Past? Evidence from Jurisdiction Cases, Hofstra Law Review, Vol. 43, pp. 337-75, 2014
- Reprinted in the 2015 Romanian Judges’ Forum Review
Notre Dame Law Review, Vol. 88., pp. 697-757, 2013.
Tel Aviv University Law Review, Vol. 34, pp. 437-473, 2011 (in Hebrew) (co-authored with Liav Orgad).
George Washington Law Review, Vol. 79, pp. 1065-1102, 2011.
