Edna Kaplan-Hagler

Edna Kaplan-Hagler was born in Tel Aviv in 1942. For many years, she was one of Israel’s best-known criminal defense lawyers; later, she was appointed judge and Deputy President of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa District Court and handled some particularly complex criminal cases. In addition to many academic publications, she participated in numerous law committees appointed by the Minister of Justice. At present, she lectures on legal issues at various Israeli universities, teaches on a voluntary basis in schools and other educational frameworks and serves as chairman of the judges’ panel for the Sapir Prize for Literature. Kaplan-Hagler has been awarded the Pinchas Rosen Prize for Excellence in Legal Research as well as the Zeltner Prize. An active grandmother of seven, she has published three children’s books.

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