Yair Hershkovitz received his LLB from Sha'arei Mishpat College (2007) and an LLM from Bar-Ilan University (2013). He is a member of the Bar since 2008.

From 2008 to 2012 he worked as an attorney at the State Attorney's Office (Central District, Criminal).

From 2012 to 2015 he worked as an independent attorney practicing criminal law.

From 2015 to 2016 he worked as a Principal (Criminal Law) at the Supervisory Commission on Prosecutors and State Attorneys.

Yair joined the Clinical Legal Centre in 2016 and is leading the Innocence Clinic.