Professor Yoram Rabin is the president of the College of Management Academic Studies (COLMAN). Previously, he was a faculty member at the Striks School of Law and served as Dean of the Law School from 2011-2015. Prof. Rabin obtained his LL.B. from the College of Management Law School and attended Tel-Aviv University earning LL.M. degree and JSD (doctorate). From 2015-2019, Prof. Rabin served as the appointed Legal Adviser of the Israeli State Comptroller.
Prof. Rabin has authored and edited several books on Public Law, Human Rights, and Criminal Law. He is one of the founding members of the Movement for Freedom of Information in Israel and a member of the National Committee for Reform of Education (Dovrat Commission) in 2003/4. He was the editor of “Hamishpat” Law Review (2005) and “Hapraklit” Law Review (The Israeli Bar Law Review) (2005-2015). In 2008, Prof. Rabin published (together with Dr. Yani Vaki) what has become Israel’s leading textbook on Criminal Law. A second edition of the book’s two volumes was published in 2010 and the third edition, adding a third volume, was published in 2014. His books and articles have been cited many times in judgements of Israel’s Supreme Court.
Research Interests and teaching
Criminal Law; Administrative Law; Constitutional Law; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and the Right to Education.