Daniel Friedmann (Hebrew: דניאל פרידמן; born 17 April 1936) is a former professor at and dean of the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.

[1] He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a master's degree in 1957.

Friedmann clerked for Israeli Supreme Court judge Yoel Zussman from 1959 to 1961 and studied at the London School of Economics from 1961 to 1962.

[7] The initial reaction to appointment was mixed, but the commentators agree that Friedmann is strongly critical of the Israeli Judiciary.

[6][8] In the past Friedmann has declared a preference for reforming the system by which justices are appointed to the Israeli Supreme Court.