Dr. Daphna Avnieli

Retired Judge at District Court Tel-Aviv

Speaker

Dr. Daphna Avnieli was a District Court Judge in Tel-Aviv. Upon her early retirement from the bench, after 25 years as a judge, she became the founder and head of the Institute of Legal Arts, at the Faculty of Law in Tel-Aviv University. The institute is an innovative and unique training center for lawyers, business people and other professionals. The Institute holds master classes on arbitration ,commercial negotiation and privacy, with lecturers from the academic staff and legal profession, including judges, and senior lawyers.

During her years as a judge, Dr. Avnieli published two books and numerous articles on immunity of public officials including judges, diplomates, heads of state etc. Her main fields of interest nowadays are commercial law, dispute resolution and civil procedure, which she teaches in the Faculty of Law at Tel-Aviv University. She is also a mediator and arbitrator in complex civil disputes.