Dr. Inbal Blau (Maimon)

Lecturer in the Law School

About

Inbal Maimon Blau is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Ono Academic College. After completing postdoctoral fellowships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2018-2019) and the University of Alberta (2017-2018), she was a visiting professor at the University of Michigan (2022).

Professor Maimon Blau’s research is focused on private law (specifically torts), corporate law, law and society and legal history, with a specialization in the legal treatment of mass tort events and disasters. Her book on compensation for victims of mass tort events, titled “After the Flood – Compensation Mechanisms in Mass Tort Events in Israel” was published by the Sacher Institute at the Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Nevo publishing.

Inbal earned her PhD, LLM, and LLB from the Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University. She has a strong background in teaching and was recognized as an excellent lecturer by the Rector’s Excellence in Teaching Award at Tel Aviv University. In 2016, she was awarded an “Inspirational Doctoral Fellowship” at Tel Aviv University.

Before her academic career, Inbal worked as a lawyer, including a role as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Judge Khaled Kaboub, currently a Supreme Court Justice, when he was a leading justice of the business law department of the Tel Aviv District Court.

Her research has had a significant impact and has been cited and mentioned in various decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court and district courts.

Education

Ph.D

Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

LL.M (Research)

Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

LL.B

Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University

Teaching Areas

Family law, drafting of legal documents, and civil law

Research interests

Torts, Family law, Drafting legal documents, and Civil law