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Amichai Cohen

Professor Amichai Cohen is a Special counsel on International Law in our firm. Professor Cohen is a faculty member in the Faculty of Law at the Ono Academic College and serves as a senior fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute

Amichai has a prosperous academic career and is a renowned researcher in international law and Israel’s national security law. He has served as a visiting professor at Columbia Law School, New York, and the American University-Washington College of Law and as a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

 

In 2013-2016, he served as Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Ono Academic College.

 

Amichai has published four books in English and Hebrew and dozens of articles in important journals of the legal world in Israel and abroad.

 

Amichai’s areas of practice include international trade law; Justice and Security, Israeli constitutional law, occupied territories law; International law in Israeli law; And international criminal law.

 

 

Books by Professor Amichai Cohen

 

 

Israel’s National Security Law: Political Dynamics and Historical Development (2011)

 

Law and Security in Israel (2014)

 

The Constitutional Revolution and Counter-Revolution (2020)

 

Proportionality in International Humanitarian Law (2021)

 

Education:


Yale Law School, J.S.D., 2003

Yale Law School, LL.M, 2001

The Hebrew University, LL.B, 1998

Admission:


Member of the Israel Bar Association since 1999

Insights & News - Amichai Cohen:


May 27, 2025

Possible Suspension of EU-Israel Trade Agreement

The European Union has signaled the potential suspension of its trade agreement with Israel, raising concerns about the economic implications of such a move. Prof. Amichai Cohen, special counsel on international law at our firm, was interviewed about the legal and economic consequences of this development.

May 13, 2025

UNRWA’s immunity from tort claims

During the Swords of Iron War, it became evident that employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were working for Hamas and had participated in the October 7 massacre.
May 12, 2025

Classifications of customs items

A court ruling handed down last month examined a fundamental practical issue: Can a material change be made in an imported product in order to change its classification for customs purposes?

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