List of law schools in Israel

This is a list of law schools in Israel.

Universities

There are six university faculties of law at the following Israeli universities:

Bar-Ilan University (BIU) — Yaakov Herzog Faculty of Law, Ramat Gan University of Haifa (HAI) — Faculty of Law, Haifa Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) — Faculty of Law, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem Tel Aviv University (TAU) — Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv Reichman University — Harry Radzyner School of Law, HerzliyaFormerly known as IDC Herzliya; recognized as Israel's first private university by the Council for Higher Education in August 2021. Ariel University — Faculty of Law, Ariel

Colleges

In addition, the following Israeli academic colleges operate accredited law schools:

College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan College of Management Academic Studies, Rishon LeZion Netanya Academic College, Netanya Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono Academic Center for Science and Law, Hod HaSharonFormerly Sha'arei Mishpat Academic College. Zefat Academic College, Safed Sapir Academic College, Sderot Peres Academic Center, Rehovot Carmel Academic Center, Haifa

Bar examination pass rates

All graduates of Israeli law schools must pass the Israel Bar Association's written qualifying examination (bechinat hahasmacha) in order to be licensed to practice law. The examination is administered twice yearly, in summer (typically June or July) and winter (typically December), by a Committee of Examiners (Va'adat Bohanot) appointed by the Minister of Justice under Amendment 38 to the Bar Association Law (2016).Bar Association Law (Amendment No. 38), 5776–2016.

Pass rates fell sharply following the 2016 amendment, reaching a historic low in November 2016 with an overall pass rate of approximately 30% (raised to 37% after appeals). Structural reforms in 2017 introduced a new three-part exam format, and in November 2018 the passing score was lowered from 65 to 60. Pass rates have since fluctuated, generally between 32% and 62%, and have been affected by disruptions from the Israel-Hamas war (from October 2023) and the Israel-Iran war (June 2025).

The Bar Association publishes detailed pass-rate statistics after each sitting, broken down by institution, by number of times the examinee has taken the exam, and by location of internship. Graduates of the six accredited university law faculties consistently outperform graduates of college law schools by a margin of approximately 30 to 50 percentage points.

Recent sittings: overall results

+ Israel Bar Association qualifying examination: overall results, 2022–2025 Sitting Examinees First-timeexaminees Overallpass rate First-timepass rate Avg. score December 2025 2,953 2,056 52.3% 67.7% 59.2 July 2025Originally scheduled June 2025; postponed due to the Israel–Iran war. 2,599 1,771 59.5% 77.8% 61.5 December 2024Following protests and ministerial intervention, the passing score for this sitting was lowered by regulation from 60 to 55. 2,270 1,371 32.4% 49.0% 53.2 September 2024 1,863 1,012 59.9% 82.4% 61.9 June 2024 2,156 1,259 — 68.2% — February 2024Originally scheduled December 2023; postponed due to the Israel–Hamas war. 1,754 1,058 54.7% 75.2% 60.7 April 2024Special sitting added under wartime emergency regulations; the majority of examinees were repeat candidates. 770 101 16.2% 57.4% 50.5 June 2023 1,957 1,221 49.5% 71.0% 59.2 December 2022 2,188 1,386 62.0% 79.0% 63.0 June 2022 1,506 597 43.0% 64.0% 57.5

Source: Israel Bar Association press releases.

For earlier sittings, the Bar Association reported overall pass rates of approximately 53% in December 2020, 34% in August 2020 (raised to approximately 55% following successful appeals), 48% in winter 2019, and 54% in July 2019 (2,582 examinees, 67% first-time pass rate).

First-time pass rates by institution

The Bar Association reports first-time pass rates as the primary indicator of institutional performance, since overall pass rates are weighted by repeat examinees who have accumulated from previous unsuccessful attempts. The following table shows first-time pass rates and (in parentheses) the number of first-time examinees from each institution across six recent sittings.

+ First-time pass rates by institution, 2022–2025 (first-time examinees in parentheses) Institution Jun 2022 Dec 2022 Feb 2024 Sept 2024 Jul 2025 Dec 2025 Hebrew University of Jerusalem 95% (25) 96% (105) 100% (74) 98.0% (98) 96.0% (126) 95.9% (145) Tel Aviv University 100% (34) 94% (146) 97.4% (121) 98.6% (141) 96.9% (161) 86.6% (112) Bar-Ilan University 100% (24) 98% (88) 95.0% (65) 93.8% (81) 92.6% (148) 91.7% (120) University of Haifa 100% (15) 98% (47) 94.3% (36) 94.1% (34) 89.6% (48) 90.9% (44) Reichman University 85% (58) 87% (32) 93.8% (23) 91.7% (24) 82.4% (34) 87.6% (275) College of Management 91% (67) 88% (187) 90.3% (88) 93.3% (135) 89.9% (198) 86.6% (194) Sapir Academic College 93% (33) 91% (66) 89.2% (44) 90.5% (42) 79.6% (54) 73.8% (61) Peres Academic Center 54% (23) 81% (66) 92.9% (63) 80.0% (50) 86.5% (89) 53.6% (28) Zefat Academic College 64% (27) 84% (36) 66.7% (19) 70.0% (10) 75.0% (28) 44.0% (25) Academic Center for Science and Law 53% (154) 74% (205) 63.0% (119) 73.9% (46) 69.9% (83) 56.3% (96) Netanya Academic College 36% (131) 73% (176) 72.5% (138) 64.3% (70) 66.7% (165) 52.3% (128) Ono Academic College 60% (560) 68% (649) 60.1% (597) 66.5% (212) 64.5% (484) 49.9% (655) College of Law and Business 48% (165) 53% (183) 61.9% (169) 55.4% (65) 70.8% (120) 55.0% (129) Carmel Academic Center 0% (37) 0% (40) 50.0% (21) — 0.0% (1) 0.0% (3)

Source: Israel Bar Association press releases. Italics denote university faculties of law. Bold figures denote the leading institution by first-time pass rate in that sitting.

Average scores by institution

The Bar Association also publishes the average score (out of 100; passing threshold 60) achieved by each institution's examinees. Average scores diverge meaningfully from pass-rate rankings in some sittings, as a small number of examinees just below the threshold can shift the pass rate substantially while the underlying score distribution remains stable.

+ Average scores by institution, all first-time examinees, recent sittings Institution Dec 2022 Feb 2024 Sept 2024 Jul 2025 Dec 2025 Hebrew University 73.7 72.7 74.7 72.7 70.9 Tel Aviv University 74.8 73.7 73.7 72.1 69.3 Haifa University 74.5 73.6 71.9 70.3 68.0 Bar-Ilan University 73.1 72.3 71.1 71.4 70.1 Reichman University 69.4 69.8 66.7 65.8 67.1 College of Management 69.5 69.0 71.2 69.7 67.6

Source: Israel Bar Association press releases. Bold figures denote the highest average score in that sitting.

Patterns

Several patterns recur across the documented sittings:

University–college gap. Graduates of the six accredited university faculties of law consistently outperform graduates of college law schools by 30 to 50 percentage points. In the December 2025 sitting, universities recorded a collective pass rate of 87.5% compared with 43.2% for colleges. Leadership among universities. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University have alternated at the top of the institutional table. Tel Aviv University recorded the highest first-time pass rate of any institution in June 2022 (100%), September 2024 (98.6%), and July 2025 (96.9%), and the highest average score among all institutions in December 2022, February 2024, September 2024, and July 2025. The Hebrew University led the table by first-time pass rate in December 2022 (96%) and December 2025 (95.9%). Top college performance. Among colleges, the College of Management Academic Studies has consistently been the strongest performer, with first-time pass rates approaching or exceeding 90% in most documented sittings and average scores comparable to mid-tier universities. Examinee volume. Ono Academic College is consistently the single largest source of examinees — 800 in December 2024, 1,047 in December 2025, and 822 in July 2025 — despite below-average pass rates, reflecting its very large undergraduate law program. Carmel Academic Center. Records the lowest pass rates in most published sittings, with 0 of 18 first-time examinees passing in July 2025 and 0 of 3 in December 2025, despite very small examinee numbers.

List of law schools in Israel

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