She has written extensively in the area of bankruptcy and insolvency law on both commercial and consumer issues. She has acted as a consultant to governments, SROs, and the Law Commission of Canada on commercial and corporate law and policy. Professor Ben-Ishai is a past winner of the American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence and Fulbright and SSHRC fellowships. She was recently awarded the 2008/9 Osgoode Hall Research Leave Fellowship to pursue her research on insolvency law. Before entering academics, Professor Ben-Ishai practised with the Insolvency and Restructuring Group at a major Toronto law firm and also clerked for three judges at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.