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No. 42: Will Scharf and Lee Zeldin: Shaping law and policy from inside the Trump administration

Scharf, as the new White House counsel, and Zeldin's role as the first Jewish administrator in EPA history, hold influential law and policy roles in the Trump administration.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

(L-R, clockwise): Lee Zeldin, William Scharf

Supreme Court President Isaac Amit addressing the special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv on September 2, 2026..

Supreme Court president warns of physical violence against legal figures after vebal attacks

“The path to physical violence first passes through verbal violence,” Amit told a special Israel Bar Association conference in Tel Aviv, convened following the killing of attorney Arbel Feldman.

SEPTEMBER 3, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Friends and colleagues of attorney Arbel Feldman stand in his memory outside a remand hearing for suspected killer Ahmad al-Rajoub at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court earlier this month.

Ramle man indicted after shooting his lawyer six times at close range over insurance claim

“An attack on a lawyer acting within the law as his client’s representative crosses a red line,” prosecutors wrote, adding that lawyers must be able to work without fear of being killed.

AUGUST 26, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to prison after court ordered hospital visit

His lawyers say his health has deteriorated in prison and that he lost significant vision in his right eye. The government has said medical reports disclosed nothing requiring immediate treatment.

AUGUST 21, 2026|ByREUTERS

Fate of settler suspect in Palestinian murder returns to District Court

Elisha Yered along with another settler was arrested on Saturday morning for their involvement in the clashes in Burka.

AUGUST 8, 2023ByTOVAH LAZAROFF

Elisha Yered at the Jerusalem District Court

Israel's Herzog law firm shows how to find the best with diversity

Leading Israeli law firm Herzog, Fox & Neeman has demonstrated a different approach to diversity that it claims has expanded its talent pool for employees.

JULY 7, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

DIVERSE TEAM: Gil White, Dana Qaq, Dr. Ehab Farah and Mordechai Fogel.

Overloaded courts: Does Israel have too many lawyers?

There are about 820 lawyers per 100,000 people in Israel, and according to the Council of Europe in 2020, European states had an average of 164 lawyers per 100,000 inhabitants.

JULY 3, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

Israeli lawyers affiliated with the Black Robes come to protest judicial reforms.

Epstein victims seek approval of JPMorgan $290 m. settlement

Epstein died at age 66 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. New York City's medical examiner called the death a suicide.

JUNE 23, 2023ByREUTERS

A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City.

Judicial reform opponent may win Israel Bar race with record turnout

Interim Israel Bar Association chairman Amit Becher, a staunch opponent of the judicial reform, may have won the Bar's elections.

JUNE 21, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR

Judicial reform opponent Amit Becher casts his ballot for the head of the Israeli Bar Association, at a voting station in Tel Aviv on June 20, 2023.

With Judicial Reform backdrop, Bar candidates make last election appeals

The Bar said that Tuesday will see 77,201 lawyers go to one of 171 polling stations across 67 towns in Israel and submit up to four different colored ballots.

JUNE 19, 2023ByMICHAEL STARR