Dr. Maayan Sudai
Associate Professor, A cademic Director of the Law and Social Change Clinics
Faculty of Law
Field of Research:
Law and Social Movements, Health Law and Bioethics, Feminist Legal Theory, Anti-Discrimination Law, Science and Technology Studies (STS)
From Coral Skeletons to Ocean Survival
“Most of the world is asking how to help the 50 percent of corals that are dying. In our lab, we ask a different question: What can we learn about the architecture of resilience from the 50 percent surviving extreme environments?”
– Prof. Tali Mass
Advocating for Vulnerable Communities: Haifa’s Law Clinics
“My connection to this program is personal and long-standing. Nearly 20 years ago, I was a student in the Feminist Law Clinic, shaping my commitment to social justice and sparking my research at Harvard Law School. It taught me that law can be both a tool for critical inquiry and a vehicle for change. Today, the University of Haifa’s Law Clinics continue to do just that.”
-Dr. Maayan Sudai
The Project
The Clinical Legal Education Program at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Law is a powerful initiative that combines hands-on legal education with deep social impact.
- Offering free legal aid and advocacy to marginalized groups, including women, LGBTQ+ individuals, people in poverty, survivors of the October 7th attack, and others whose rights are at risk.
Training law students through rigorous, practical experience in the community
Providing real protection and empowerment for communities.
Fundraising Goals
With your support for the Clinical Legal Education Program we can:
- Sustain and expand the clinics’ vital work, ensuring that vulnerable communities continue to receive legal protection and advocacy.
- Strengthen a program that empowers communities while equipping future legal professionals to approach the law as a way to question, understand, and reshape society.
Meet Maayan Sudai
I am an Associate Professor at the University of Haifa’s Faculty of Law and direct the Biology and Sexual Diversity in Law and Public Policy team at the GenderSci Lab at Harvard University. My academic path began with an LLB from Haifa, followed by an LLM and SJD from Harvard Law School.
My research focuses on the intersection of law, science, and gender, with a particular interest in sex segregation in sport. I am currently developing a context-sensitive framework for sport desegregation, grounded in both theory and empirical research.
My work has been published in Science, The Lancet, the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender, and the Yale Law Journal. I have received the Dan David Prize for Bioethics, the Cheshin Prize for Academic Excellence in Legal Research, and the Aharon Barak Prize for Excellence in Legal Research, and I am a member of the Israel Young Academy.
More Profiles from the Ambassadors Program
