Issac Amit ( he, יצחק עמית, born 20 October 1958) is a judge on the
Supreme Court of Israel.
Amit was born and raised in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. He attended a religious high school and graduated in 1976. He served in the
Israel Defense Forces as an officer in
Unit 8200
Unit 8200 ( he, יחידה 8200, ''Yehida shmone -Matayim''- "Unit eight - two hundred") is an Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces responsible for collecting signal intelligence (SIGINT) and code decryption. Military pu ...
, and was discharged in 1980. In 1981, he began studying law at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and graduated ''cum laude'' with an
LLB
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of Chi ...
in 1985.
He was granted a license to practice law in 1986 and worked as a lawyer in private practice.
In 1997, he was appointed a judge on the
Acre Magistrates Court, and subsequently a judge on the
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...
Magistrates Court. He then became a judge on the Haifa District Court.
He was elected to the Supreme Court in August 2009, and took office in October 2009.
In 2024, Amit is expected to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, following
Uzi Vogelman's retirement.
References
External links
Biography on the supreme court webpage
1958 births
Living people
Judges of the Supreme Court of Israel
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