Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg

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Law
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Summer 2024 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Scholar; Professor of Law and Incoming Associate Dean for International Affairs at Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law 

Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg is a Summer 2024 Helen Diller Institute Visiting Scholar. She is a co-founder and co-chair of the Israeli Criminal Law Association. She is also the recipient of the Phi Beta Kappa Northern California Association Excellence in Teaching Award for 2024.

Professor Dancig-Rosenberg specializes in criminal law and procedure, with a focus on the philosophy of criminal law, criminal justice reform and alternatives to incarceration, therapeutic jurisprudence, and the interface between criminal law and gender. In the last few years, she has been looking at non-adversarial, community-based, and non-punitive justice mechanisms in various legal systems. Some of her recent studies explore, empirically and theoretically, various alternative justice settings to the mainstream criminal process, such as community courts, social media, and abolitionist initiatives. She is currently involved in another project developing alternative metrics for measuring success of criminal justice institutions. Before joining Bar-Ilan, Professor Dancig-Rosenberg served as the Academic Director of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Legal Clinic for Violence Against Women. She serves as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Israeli Minister of Justice on Criminal Procedure and Evidence Law and as a member of the Advisory Committee for the Israeli Minister of Justice on Formulating Measures to Protect the Public Against Cyberbullying. She is also a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow.