Michael Sfard is an Israeli Jewish lawyer who represents seruvniks, Norman Finkelstein, and Palestinians in suits against the State of Israel,   

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HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

Since the academic year 2001-2, the Academic Center of Law & Business has maintained a Program specializing exclusively in the subject of human rights. The object of the Program is to train lawyers with the special knowledge and skills needed for the defence of human rights - civil, social and collective - reflecting the increasing need for lawyers committed to this field in today's complex Israeli society.

Academic Director of the Human Rights Program is Dr. Yossi Dahan.
Academic Director of the Human Rights Clinics is Adv. Neta Dagan.

The Program aspires to train its participants to take up key positions, both in the Israeli Civil Service and in non-government organizations (NGOs) that act to advance the issue in Israel.

For this purpose, the Program endeavours to give its participants advanced training in the field of human rights, both by providing a rich theoretical knowledge, delivered by the top experts in the field and by making available practical tools and increasing the sensitivity of those students in the Program to breaches of human rights, and especially with the treatment of these predicaments.

The final aim is achieved principally through participation in practical workshops and courses. So, for example, the students experience practical work in all types of human rights issues - from individual applications in "citizens' rights offices" in development towns and areas of distress, for giving emergency assistance in the area of domestic violence in the Family Division Court, in Ramat Gan, to the students' participation in struggles for policy change through petitions to the High Court and the development of legislation in the Knesset.

The practical workshops permit experience in teamwork and techniques of dealing with applicants whose rights have been infringed (empowerment techniques). In addition, the students participate in special conferences on the subject organized by the college and in special projects led by the college among people whose rights have been violated in distressed areas throughout the country.