Dori Spivak

Dori Spivak was born in 1968 in Petah Tikva

Dori Spivak was born in Petah Tikva on 19 December 1968. After his military service, he volunteered as an English teacher in a refugee camp on the Thailand-Burma border.

He studied law and economics at the University of Haifa and graduated in law with honors. He earned a master's degree at Harvard Law School, where his thesis dealt with representing people with mental disabilities. He was also a research fellow in Harvard's human rights program.

From 1996 he taught at the human rights clinic of Tel Aviv University's law faculty, and from 2000 to 2011 he was deputy director of its clinical programs. He chaired the Association for Civil Rights in Israel from 2007 to June 2010 and was legal adviser to the Israeli LGBT Association. He led legal cases on prisoners' rights, health, foreign workers and LGBT rights.

In March 2011 he became a judge of the Tel Aviv Regional Labor Court, and in May 2020 its deputy president. In 2013 he was the first labor court judge to rule in a class action by workers against their employer. In January 2025 he was appointed for 1 year to the National Labor Court, starting 1 April 2025.

He lives in Tel Aviv. His partner is Professor Yishai Blank of Tel Aviv University's law faculty.