Dr. Manal Totry - Jubran

Dr. Manal Totry- Jubran, Bio

Totry- Jubran is an associate professor at the Law faculty, Bar Ilan University, and she is the founder and director of the program for promoting the Arab students in the Law Faculty. In 2026 she was a visiting professor at the Global Centre of Democratic Constitutionalism at UCL, Faculty of Laws and a visiting scholar in the Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, University of Chicago Law School. In 2024 and 2025 she was a visiting professor at the Luiss Law School, Rome. In 2023 and 2025 she was a visiting professor at the Bicocca Law School, Milano. She received her LL.M. (Magna cum Laude) and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Law, University of Tel- Aviv and was a Post Doctorial Fellow at the Faculty of Law, the Hebrew University. 

In 2023 she was awarded the “Cegla Prize” for Exceptional Legal Articles in Hebrew. In 2019 she was awarded the “Gorni Prize”, by the Israeli Association of Public Law young researchers for Excellent young researcher in public Law. In 2018 she was selected by “Calcalist” newspaper and “Bank Hapoalim” as one of ten Young Promising Arab leaders in the Arab Society. In 2015 she was awarded the Ma’of scholarship for outstanding Arab students, The Council for Higher Education. In 2025, she received a research grant on "Selective Moderation and Democratic Resilience: The Role of Social Platforms in Shaping Freedom of Speech During Emergencies in Israel", funded by Chief Justice Meir Shamgar Center for Digital Law and Innovation. In 2019, she received a three-year research grant on “Conceptualizing Environmental Justice in the Israeli Legal and Regulative System: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives”, funded by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF). In 2017, she received a research grant on Social Rights in Israel: Distributing Burdens between the state and the Local Government in Supplying Welfare Services and its Effect on the Creation of Social and Economic Gaps between Local Authorities funded by the National Insurance Institute of Israel; a research grant on “Examining Legal and Spatial Aspects Rothschild Foundation Mode of Work” funded by Rothschild Foundation; a research grant on “Minority Judge, Judge of Minorities: Salim Joubran” funded by the Center for Jewish and Democratic Law. In 2016 she received a research grant on “The Legal Regulation of Acquisition Groups in Israel”, funded by the Gazit- Globe Real Estate Institution. She attended several local and international conferences and academic workshops and published articles in international leading Law journals. 

Dr. Totry-Jubran is also socially and academically active in several important projects. She was a member of the Lecturers for Democracy Forum and the "Researchers, Learners, and Influencers" forum—a group of female faculty members from various universities working to transform the higher education landscape and promote gender equity. She has been active with the Menomadin Center for Jewish and Democratic Law, participating in sessions and initiatives promoted by the Center to foster dialogue between Jews and Arabs. She served on the board of the Association for Distributive Justice and was a member of the steering committee for the "Kimam" project—funded by Yad Hanadiv—which aims to advance Arab students in higher education institutions. Currently, she serves on the executive boards of Zulat (an organization for the advancement of human rights) and Adam Teva V'Din (Israel Union for Environmental Defense).

Her main fields of interests are: Public Law, Freedom of Speech, Law and Society, Critical Legal Geography, Multiculturalism, Minority Rights, Environmental and Transitional Justice. 

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