Ancestry and education
Hausdorff grew up in Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. [1] [2] She attended the Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, West London. [3] She is fluent in German. [4]
Her Israeli father was born in Tel Aviv, [1] [2] and her parents met in Israel. [5] [6] According to Hausdorff, her family "goes back eight generations in the Land of Israel". [7] Her paternal ancestor Azriel Zelig Hausdorf, a Zionist philanthropist, was born in Myslovitz, Poland, [8] and emigrated to Jerusalem, by way of London, in 1847. [1] [9] He was responsible for philanthropic building projects in the Old City of Jerusalem, including a shelter and hospitality project [10] [11] and the construction of a hospital. As a leading member of Jerusalem's Jewish community in 1866 he was authorised by the Prussian consul to act as a defense attorney for Jews in legal proceedings. [12]
Hausdorff holds law degrees from Oxford University (Lincoln College, in 2012) and from Tel Aviv University, from which she graduated with an LL.M. magna cum laude in international public law and the law of armed conflict in 2016. [13] [6] [14] [15] In 2018, as a Pegasus Scholar, she was a Fellow in the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School. [14] [15]
Career
Hausdorff specialises in commercial, regulatory and international law, and is a barrister with 6 Pump Court Chambers in London since 2016. [5] [14] Before coming to the Bar, Hausdorff qualified as a solicitor in 2015, with the United States multinational commercial law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, with whom she practised in London and Brussels from 2013 to 2015. [13] [15] Hausdorff clerked for the president of the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Chief Justice Miriam Naor, from June until August 2016. [16] [5]
Hausdorff's practice includes commercial litigation, arbitration, regulatory matters, and public international law. She represents domestic and international clients, including private companies and government departments, both as sole counsel and junior to leading counsel. [15]
Israel advocacy
On a volunteer pro bono basis, Hausdorff is the legal director of UK Lawyers for Israel Charitable Trust. [17] [14] [5] [6] She speaks for Israel on a pro bono basis, and has spoken about the international law that applies to the status of the territory of Israel, and the rule of customary international law of uti possidetis juris . [5] [18] Hausdorff appeared on the debate programme "Intelligence Squared," and has spoken at the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, University College Dublin, Trinity College, and Durham University. [6]
Hausdorff has appeared as a commentator on legal matters for international media, including the BBC, [19] Sky News, [20] Talk TV, [21] Fox News, [22] CNN, and GB News. [15] She has also written for The Telegraph , The Sunday Telegraph , The Times , The Law Society Gazette , and The Algemeiner . [23] [24] [15] She has briefed politicians and international organisations, and has spoken at European parliaments and at the United Nations. [15] Hausdorff has been a keynote speaker on aspects of public international law, foreign affairs, and national security policy. [15]
Submissions
Hausdorff has made submissions to a number of different legislatures including the Irish, [25] Czech, [26] and UK parliaments. [27] In turn, she has also been quoted by British lawmakers. [28]
On 24 April 2024, Hausdorff gave evidence to the Business and Trade Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on the "relevant legal, political and military issues impacting UK arms exports to Israel". [29]
Through the UKLFI, Hausdorff has made multiple submissions to international courts and tribunals. [30] [31] In 2024, Hausdorff participated in a panel at the 79th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week, focusing on proportionality in armed conflict. [32]
Debating
At university, Hausdorff was active in debate. [33] In June 2024, she partnered with Douglas Murray [34] at the Munk Debate in Toronto, [35] debating against Mehdi Hasan and Gideon Levy, and she and Murray convinced two-thirds of the audience that antisemitism and anti-Zionism are the same; 61% of the audience already believed this before the debate. [36] [37] [38]
In November 2024, she participated in a debate at Oxford University. The event caused much controversy, with several Oxford academics writing to "unequivocally condemn the incendiary remarks made by some speakers in support of Hamas and terrorist violence." The Oxford Union ended up voting for the proposition that "Israel is an apartheid state that is committing genocide" with 278 votes for and only 59 votes against. [39]
Recognition
In October 2024, The Jerusalem Post named Hausdorff the #2 young "2024 ViZionary," that being the #2 most influential young Zionist, and a "prominent advocate for Israel's legal rights on the global stage." [17]
Hausdorff lit a torch on Israel's 77th Independence Day in recognition of her advocacy on behalf of Israel. [40] [41]
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