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Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel (born 1936) Aharon Barak ( Hebrew : אהרן ברק ; born 16 September 1936) is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006. Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and before this as Attorney General of Israel from 1975 to 1978. Barak was born with the name of Erik Brick in Kaunas , Lithuania in 1936. Having survived the Holocaust , he and his family later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1947. He studied law, international relations and economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , and obtained his Bachelor of Laws in 1958. Between 1958 and 1960, he was drafted into the Israeli military . From 1974 to 1975, Barak was dean of the law faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem . Barak is currently a law professor at Reichman University in Herzliya , and has taught at institutions including Yale Law School , Central European University , Georgetown University Law Center , and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law . Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Aharon Barak (אהרן ברק) (born September 16th , 1936 ) is a professor of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and current President of the Supreme Court of Israel as of 1995 . v t e
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Aharon Barak ( , born September 16, 1936) is a professor of law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and a lecturer in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , the Yale Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law .Prior to that he served as a judge on the Supreme Court (1978–1995), as the Attorney General of Israel (1975–1978) and as the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs biography
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Aharon Barak ( , born 16 September 1936) is a Professor of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and a lecturer in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , the Yale Law School , Georgetown University Law Center , and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law .Prior to that, he served as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Israel (1978–95), as the Attorney General of Israel (1975–78), and as the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1974–75). Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Aharon Barak ( , born Erik Brick, 16 September 1936) is an Israeli Professor of Law at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and a lecturer in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , the Yale Law School , Central European University , Georgetown University Law Center , and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law . Prior to that, he served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel (1978–95), as the Attorney General of Israel (1975–78), and as the Dean of the Law Faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1974–75). Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Former President of the Supreme Court of Israel Aharon Barak ( ; born 16 September 1936) is an Israeli lawyer and jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1995 to 2006.Prior to this, Barak served as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 1978 to 1995, and before this as Attorney General of Israel from 1975 to 1978.From 1974 to 1975, Barak was dean of the law faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .Barak is currently a law professor at Reichman University in Herzliya , and has taught at institutions including Yale Law School , Central European University , Georgetown University Law Center , and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law . Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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professor of law at the hebrew university of jerusalem and current president of the supreme court of israel as
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israeli lawyer and jurist who served as president of the supreme court of israel from 1995 to 2006
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