<img src="/site/files/oldnewsfiles/BenjaminShmueli235px.jpg" width="235" height="200" class="FloatRight" alt="BenjaminShmueli235px">The Harrisburg faculty will hear a presentation from a noted scholar on tort law and domestic relations next month.<br><br>Benjamin Shmueli, who is currently senior research scholar in law at Yale Law School, will present one of his recent books, “Tort and Contract Law vs. Jewish and Shari’a Family Law: Legitimate Religious Practices Actionable Under Civil Law.”<br><br>Shmueli is on a two-year stint at Yale. He is also a senior lecturer and associate professor at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He served as a visiting professor at Duke Law School from 2006-2008. He holds a Ph.D. and an LL.M. from Bar-Ilan University.<br><br>He teaches courses and seminars on tort law, risks and chances, domestic torts, domestic violence, and government contracts. He has published more than 30 articles in the United States and Israel.<br><br>Shmueli will speak to the Harrisburg faculty Oct. 23.