Prof. Gabriela Shalev

Professor in the Law School

About

Prof. Gabriela Shalev holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a former Israeli Ambassador to the UN, the first woman to hold this position. She was the Editor-in-Chief of the Supreme Court’s rulings and also edited the Hebrew Encyclopedia. She has been a visiting lecturer at various universities in the United States, Europe, and Canada.

Professor Shalev is a regular participant in international conferences as an expert in comparative law and a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law. She is a leading expert, in Israel and around the world, in contract law and public authority contracts. She is the winner of the Sussman Law Prize (1989) and the Zeltner Law Prize (1991), and in 2003 – she won an award from the Bar Association for special achievements in the academic research of law.

Teaching Areas

Contract Law, Comparative Law