Bar-Ilan's Faculty of Law is considered one of the leading and most rigorously demanding law schools in Israel. Founded by Americans, the Law School has an international orientation and is staffed largely by an Ivy League-trained faculty. All the programs are taught using contemporary methodology that encourages original research and independent work on the part of students. The faculty publishes an annual legal journal, which is partially student-edited.
Exceptional students are eligible to add minor studies to their study of law.
These students may minor in economics, computer sciences, business administration or any other specialty at the university. There is also a special four-year program designed for exceptional students who can finish their LL.B. and LL.M. in that period. The faculty also offers a Master's program in Jewish law combined with an LL.B., in cooperation with the Institute for Advanced Torah Studies. In light of an increasing interest in legal ethics, a new program recently was created in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities' Department of Philosophy . Students can choose studies that lead to an LL.B. and a B.A. in philosophy at the same time, or studies that lead to an LL.B. and M.A. in philosophy.