Shay Lavie

Biography

Shay Lavie is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Law, teaching civil procedure, law and economics, and class actions. He received an S.J.D. degree from Harvard Law School (2012), where he was the recipient of the Byse Fellowship, teaching the non-credit workshop Regulation through Litigation. He holds degrees from Columbia Law School (LL.M., 2007, Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), and the Hebrew University (LL.B., 2005, Magna Cum Laude). He served as a law clerk to the then Chief Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, and practiced in class action law firms. His academic work integrates diverse methodologies, including doctrinal analysis, law and economics insights, game theoretical tools, and quantitative methods. It was awarded competitive grants (such as the Israeli Science Foundation) and published in a variety of venues.

Research Interest

Civil Procedure, Class Actions & Complex Litigation, Law & Economics, Empirical Methods.