Dan R. Israel is a Chilean lawyer and J.S.D. candidate at Yale Law School, where he earned his LL.M. degree in 2023. Before beginning his doctoral studies, he completed his law degree at Universidad de Chile, served as an Associate Research Scholar at Yale, and worked at the New York office of a global hedge fund. Dan is licensed to practice law in Chile and in New York.
Dan’s academic work focuses on the intersection between tax law, constitutional law, and public policy. His book on Constitutional Tax Law (“La Potestad Tributaria en el Régimen Constitucional Chileno”) investigates how legal regimes embed normative commitments to fairness, economic growth, and redistribution, and how the tax system operationalizes those commitments through institutional design.
His J.S.D. dissertation examines the Social Security Act and private retirement funds governed by ERISA. In particular, he analyzes legal frameworks governing retirement funds, assesses how demographic shifts strain Pay-As-You-Go funding schemes, and discusses how tax law principles can inform potential paths for reform.
Doctoral committee
Daniel Markovits (chair), Anne L. Alstott, and Asli Ü. Bâli
Education
LL.M. Yale Law School, 2023
LL.B. Universidad de Chile, 2021
Contact Information
Dan.israel@yale.edu