Deborah Marcus has had a longstanding desire to relocate to Israel, yet she grappled with uncertainty regarding how her current role and skills as a New York lawyer would align with opportunities in the Jewish state.
“Would it mean starting over?” Marcus wondered.
This week, thanks to a pilot trip organized by DLA Piper, Marcus said she now feels like moving to Israel is possible.
“People who are interested in moving their legal profession, who are interested in the opportunities in Israel should feel this is still a good time,” Marcus told The Jerusalem Post.
Marcus was among 10 foreign lawyers who participated in a three-day mission that started Sunday and ended Tuesday. The itinerary encompassed meetings with key figures from prominent law firms and the legal departments of Israel’s leading unicorns. Jeremy Lustman of DLA Piper orchestrated the initiative.
Lustman said that before October 7, he would regularly get calls from American lawyers asking about what it was like to transfer his legal career to Israel. After the Hamas massacre and amid the significant rise in antisemitism, he started to get many more. He also felt that it was his job as a legal industry leader to do something to help the people who want to move to Israel.
“My thought was that the industry needs to take a step toward communities abroad and reach out to them in ways we have never done before, to extend the industry to people abroad and show them there is an opportunity to shift their career to Israel,” Lustman said.
In January, Lustman spearheaded events in New York and London with top legal professionals from other Israeli firms that drew approximately 140 lawyers keen on exploring career opportunities in
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