MCLE Presentation (Israeli Democracy & Judicial Reform)

🎙 Speaker – Udi Sommer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tel Aviv University, Israel. He is currently a guest lecturer at UCSD.

This MCLE presentation will examine the structure of Israel’s judicial system and the proposed judicial reform, with a focus on judicial independence, checks and balances, and the role of the Israeli Supreme Court.

Topics will include:

• Israel’s parliamentary system and constitutional framework
• The powers of the Israeli Supreme Court, including judicial review
• The judicial revolution of the 1990s
• The key legal pillars and justifications of the proposed 2023 judicial reform
• Popular will versus the rule of law in a comparative constitutional context

MCLE Credit: Pending / To Be Confirmed

Registration:

• Free for SDJBA members
• $15 for non-members