Prof. Oren Gazal-Ayal, Dean of the Faculty of Law, is named Law Academic of the Year by Israel’s leading law publication Court Magazine. The judges noted: “Alongside his extensive academic work, Prof. Gazal-Ayal is involved in impressive public activities and a long list of legal reforms.” Prof. Gazal-Ayal is an expert in criminal law and procedure, in sentencing law and in law and economics. His interdisciplinary research focuses on plea bargains, alternatives to criminal proceedings and sentencing, as well as empirical examination of cognitive biases in legal proceedings. He is regularly published in leading international journals, and his papers are frequently cited in decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court.