Philip Marcus, Judge (Retired) of the Jerusalem Family Court Jurist
Philip Marcus was born and educated in England. After obtaining his LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) degree at University College London, and qualifying as a Solicitor, he moved to Jerusalem in 1978. He was admitted as an Advocate at the Israel Bar in 1979.
He was appointed a Judge of the Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 1995, and served as a Judge of the Family Court from its opening in 1997 until his retirement in 2012.
Philip Marcus obtained a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M.) from Haifa University in 2008.
Consultant, Author & Lecturer
Philip Marcus is a consultant to governments and organizations around the world about family court system reform, interdisciplinary collaboration, and prevention of parental alienation, including, where necessary, proposals for changes in the law, and to committees of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) on all proposed legislation concerning children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. . He has lectured on five continents on these topics.
He is a member of national and international organizations which focus on children who are affected by parental separation and divorce and child-parent contact problems and therapeutic jurisprudence. For example, he is the Chair of Advisory Boards, Two Wishes https://www.twowishes.org/ and a Member of the Professional Advisory Board, In-Between https://www.balev.org/#.
Among his published articles:
The Israel Family Court – Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Jurisprudential Therapy from the Start, (International Journal of Law and Psychiatry).
Parental Responsibilities: Reformulating the Paradigm for Parent-Child Relationships (Journal of Child Custody).
Innovative Programs in Israel for Prevention and Responding to Parental Alienation: Education, Early Identification and Timely and Effective Intervention (Family Court Review)
The Role of the Social Worker in Preventing Child-Parent Contact Failure, (Contemporary Family)
The Role of the Lawyer in Preventing and Handling Child-Parent Contact Problems, in Contemporary Family Magazine, Fall 2021, 28-30
www.philip-marcus.com philipmarcusjurist@gmail.com
November 2021
He was appointed a Judge of the Jerusalem Magistrates Court in 1995, and served as a Judge of the Family Court from its opening in 1997 until his retirement in 2012.
Philip Marcus obtained a Master’s degree in Law (LL.M.) from Haifa University in 2008.
Consultant, Author & Lecturer
Philip Marcus is a consultant to governments and organizations around the world about family court system reform, interdisciplinary collaboration, and prevention of parental alienation, including, where necessary, proposals for changes in the law, and to committees of the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) on all proposed legislation concerning children, the elderly and persons with disabilities. . He has lectured on five continents on these topics.
He is a member of national and international organizations which focus on children who are affected by parental separation and divorce and child-parent contact problems and therapeutic jurisprudence. For example, he is the Chair of Advisory Boards, Two Wishes https://www.twowishes.org/ and a Member of the Professional Advisory Board, In-Between https://www.balev.org/#.
Among his published articles:
The Israel Family Court – Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Jurisprudential Therapy from the Start, (International Journal of Law and Psychiatry).
Parental Responsibilities: Reformulating the Paradigm for Parent-Child Relationships (Journal of Child Custody).
Innovative Programs in Israel for Prevention and Responding to Parental Alienation: Education, Early Identification and Timely and Effective Intervention (Family Court Review)
The Role of the Social Worker in Preventing Child-Parent Contact Failure, (Contemporary Family)
The Role of the Lawyer in Preventing and Handling Child-Parent Contact Problems, in Contemporary Family Magazine, Fall 2021, 28-30
www.philip-marcus.com philipmarcusjurist@gmail.com
November 2021
Consultant and Lecturer on Family Courts, Family Law and Procedure, Child Law
Chair of Advisory Boards, Two Wishes https://www.twowishes.org/
Member of Professional Advisory Board, In-Between https://www.balev.org/#
Please visit my website: www.philip-marcus.com
Cellphone: (+972) 5 444 55 703

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