ISRAEL

The ICON-S-IL Annual conference

The Israeli chapter of ICON•S holds an annual conference, bringing together public law scholars and practitioners, as well as scholars from other, related, fields, such as the social sciences, international relations, political theory, philosophy, etc. Participants share and discuss a diverse range of ideas. With over 100 participants in recent years, the Israeli chapter’s annual conference has become the main event for the public law academic community in Israel. 

The ICON-S-IL Blog

The ICON-S-IL blog is a prominent platform for Israeli public law scholars and practitioners to present and exchange ideas. Blog posts include symposiums on pressing issues in Israeli public law, such as The Covid-19 Law in Israel , The Alternating Government in a World of Unstable Constitutionalism, and The Changing Landscape of the Israeli Constitutional law. In addition, the blog serves as a platform for individual posts concerning such issues. ICON-S-IL blog posts have been cited in Israeli supreme court decisions and included in public law courses’ syllabi. For further information, please contact the editors of the blog: Chagai Schlesinger (chagshlez@gmail.com), or Eden Lapidor (el846@georgetown.edu). 

The ICON-S-IL Junior Scholars prize for an Outstanding Paper in Public law in memory of Prof. Baruch Bracha

In order to promote the capacity and engagement of junior scholars within the ICON-S-IL community, the Israeli chapter grants an annual prize for an outstanding paper in public law, written by a young scholar. As of 2022, the prize is granted in memory of Prof. Baruch Bracha, one of Israel’s most prominent scholars in the fields of constitutional and administrative law, as well as human rights under extreme conditions. The prize, in the amount of 10,000 NIS, is awarded by courtesy of Prof. Brahca’s Family.

Events concerning career opportunities for young scholars: 

To enhance the involvement of junior scholars, the annual conferences organized by ICON-S-IL incorporate initiatives designed to broaden the understanding and reach of aspiring young scholars pursuing an academic path. Throughout the years, these initiatives have encompassed diverse activities such as a panel discussion featuring scholars highlighting the importance of post-doctoral positions in the pursuit of a legal academic career, a panel focusing on potential career paths following the completion of a Ph.D. in public law, and a workshop centered around the publication of academic articles in law reviews, among others.

In addition to the annual conference, the Israeli chapter of ICON•S holds events concerning particular issues in Israeli public law. In the past two years, the following events have taken place: 

The Establishment of the Alternating Government – A Legitimate Constitutional Arrangement or an Anti-Democratic Fraud? (recording available here [in Hebrew]).

Populism in Israel (recording available here [in Hebrew]).

The Legal advisor of the Knesset – Challenges and Roles (recording available here [in Hebrew]).

Popular Sovereignty: People, Territory & Imagination? (recording available here [in English]).

How bad is Holems’s ‘Bad Man’ Really? Public lecture by Prof. Christoph Bezemek, Dean, Faculty of Law, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, followed by a discussion (Program available here)

Workshop on ‘Religion, Illiberalism and Emotions in Constitutional law (Program available here). 

‘The Conservative Revolution? Roundtable discussion following the Dobbs v. Jackson Decision’.