Jake Aryeh Marcus, J.D.
Expertise
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Advocacy for Breastfeeding
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Domestic Violence and Breastfeeding
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Ethics of Breastfeeding Counseling/Practice
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HIV/AIDS and Breastfeeding
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Humor and Breastfeeding
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Incarcerated Mothers and Birth
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Incarcerated Mothers and Breastfeeding
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Internet Practice Issues for Breastfeeding Counseling
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Lactation research
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Legal Issues and Breastfeeding
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Legislation and Breastfeeding
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Parenting Techniques
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Private Practice Lactation Consultation Business Issues
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Public Breastfeeding Policy
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Working and Breastfeeding
Upcoming Conferences
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March 21, 2012 - March 23, 2012New Orleans,Louisiana,United States
Previous Conferences
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4th Annual Worksite Wellness Summit, Wyoming Department of HealthOctober 12, 2011Cheyenne,Wyoming,United States
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July 21, 2011 - July 24, 2011Boston,Massachusetts,United States
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La Leche League of NebraskaMay 6, 2011 - May 7, 2011Omaha,Nebraska,United States
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La Leche League of Ohio, Healthcare Provider SeminarApril 23, 2010 - April 25, 2010Cleveland,Ohio,United States
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La Leche League of Connecticut, Breastfeeding and Parenting Conference, Breastfeeding Basics and BeyondApril 16, 2010Farmington,Connecticut,United States
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"Kaleidescope,"La Leche League International, Eastern United States DivisionJuly 9, 2009 - July 11, 2009Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,United States
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University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Breastfeeding and Feminism Symposium: Securing Breastfeeding as a Reproductive Right from the Birthplace to the WorkplaceMarch 26, 2009 - March 27, 2009Greensboro,North Carolina,United States
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Southeastern Womens Studies Association, Frontiers of Feminism at Home and AbroadApril 3, 2008 - April 5, 2008Charlotte,North Carolina,United States
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La Leche League of Eastern PA, Mothering-Because it MattersOctober 19, 2007 - October 21, 2007Reading,Pennsylvania,United States
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La Leche League International, 50 Years -- Celebrating the Power of BreastfeedingJuly 18, 2007 - July 20, 2007Chicago,Illinois,United States
About the Speaker
Jake Aryeh Marcus, J.D., is the nation's foremost expert on breastfeeding law. She is a lawyer whose private practice focuses on parenting and civil rights (particularly breastfeeding, mothering, and domestic violence), the business issues of non-physician health care practitioners, and the rights of special needs students. She was Politics Editor at Mothering magazine until it ceased publication. Marcus is the author of "Lactation and the Law," a comprehensive article on U.S. public breastfeeding law, "Pumping 9 to 5," an article on workplace pumping law which was a finalist for a MAGGIE Award and, most recently, "Lactation and the Law Revisited." Her over 20 years of practice as an attorney includes serving as litigation coordinator for the Women Against Abuse Legal Center in Philadelphia, and on Planned Parenthood's trial team in its challenge to the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania Abortion Control Act. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania and was a member of the Legal Advisory Council to La Leche League International. Her writing has appeared in Mothering, Life Learning, LEAVEN, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vegetarian Baby and Child, and on ePregnancy.com and VegFamily.com. She also writes on her blog SustainableMothering.com.
Official Bio for Brochure
Jake Aryeh Marcus, J.D., is the nation's foremost expert on breastfeeding law. She is a lawyer whose whose private practice focuses on parenting and civil rights (particularly breastfeeding, mothering, and domestic violence), the business issues of non-physician health care practitioners, and the rights of special needs students. She was Politics Editor at Mothering magazine until it ceased publication in April of 2011. Marcus is the author of "Lactation and the Law," a comprehensive article on U.S. public breastfeeding law, "Pumping 9 to 5," an article on workplace pumping law which was a finalist for a MAGGIE Award and, most recently, "Lactation and the Law Revisited." She was a member of the Legal Advisory Council to La Leche League International. Her writing has appeared in Mothering, Life Learning, LEAVEN, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vegetarian Baby and Child, and on ePregnancy.com and VegFamily.com. She also writes on her blog SustainableMothering.com.
Bio for Introduction
Jake Aryeh Marcus, J.D., is the nation's foremost expert on breastfeeding law. She is a lawyer whose whose private practice focuses on parenting and civil rights (particularly breastfeeding, mothering, and domestic violence), the business issues of non-physician health care practitioners, and the rights of special needs students. She was Politics Editor at Mothering magazine until it ceased publication. Marcus is the author of "Lactation and the Law," a comprehensive article on U.S. public breastfeeding law, "Pumping 9 to 5," an article on workplace pumping law which was a finalist for a MAGGIE Award and, most recently, "Lactation and the Law Revisited."
Presentations
This speaker is pleased to provide presentations on the following topics to professional and parenting conferences. Presentations on other topics may be available upon request and subject to sufficient development lead-time. (For CERP topics, required paperwork will be provided promptly to meet CERP deadlines.)
Breastfeeding as a Civil Right: Breastfeeding in Public
Is breastfeeding a civil right under U.S. law? What does that mean? Is your state law as strong as you think it is? An examination of differences in local laws, protections under federal laws, non-legal options available to breastfeeding women, and your state's particular breastfeeding law. This session focuses on breastfeeding in public accommodations, which include stores and restaurants.
E-CERPs-appropriate material is covered in this session.
Breastfeeding as a Civil Right: Workplace Pumping
Is breastfeeding a civil right under U.S. law? What does that mean? Is your state law as strong as you think it is? An examination of differences in local laws, protections under federal laws, non-legal options available to lactating women, and your state's particular breastfeeding-related law. This session focuses on workplace pumping.
E-CERPs-appropriate material is covered in this session.
Supporting Breastfeeding Women in the Legal System
Breastfeeding women find themselves in need of assistance in a wide variety of legal contexts. This session reviews the options available to lactating women in custody disputes, as criminal defendants, as witnesses, when called for jury duty, and as immigration detainees.
E-CERPs-appropriate material is covered in this session.
Breastfeeding 2.0: Law and Ethics in Providing Breastfeeding Support Using the Internet
Social Media creates more opportunity to provide breastfeeding support to a wider audience of women. However, improper use of websites, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet fora also endanger privacy, risk violating ethical rules and require different safeguards. This session will explore best practices in professional Internet conduct.
E-CERPs-appropriate material is covered in this session.
Legislation and Sausage: Creating Breastfeeding Law in Your State
Participants will learn the elements of effective state breastfeeding legislation as well as the process by which it is created. Attendees will engage in legislative drafting as well as debate, divided into small groups that include representatives from breastfeeding coalitions and chambers of commerce. Through education, negotiation and compromise, attendees will live the legislative process.
E-CERPs-appropriate material is covered in this session.
World Peace Begins At Home: Domestic Violence and the Breastfeeding Mother
The first incident of violence in a relationship often occurs during pregnancy or shortly after the birth of a child. Volunteers and health care providers often feel helpless when faced with mothers in violent relationships. In this session, participants will learn to recognize the signs of domestic violence, how to locate resources for mothers and how to assist in maintaining the breastfeeding dyad without endangering mother or child. Participants will also learn to identify their legal and ethical obligations under their respective professional scopes of practice.
E-CERP appropriate material presented in this session.
Virtually Any Legal Topic
Jake can make presentations based on the need of the group and the location of the attendees.
