9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Widener Law Commonwealth
3737 Vartan Way
Admin Building, Room A180
Harrisburg, PA 17110
Veterans Courts in Pennsylvania: Ensuring Success for the Veteran
Please join us for Veterans Courts in Pennsylvania, Ensuring Success for the Veteran.
Participants in this program are entitled to 3 Continuing Judicial Education credits or 3 Continuing Legal Education credits – subject to approval. Course materials and handouts for the program will be available soon.
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Below is a schedule of events:
9:00 -9:30 Welcome – Dean Christian A. Johnson, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Welcoming Remarks – The Honorable Michael J. Stack, III, Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Remarks – Angela Lowry – Problem Solving Courts Coordinator, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts
Remarks - Major General Anthony J. Carrelli, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
9:30-10:30 Panel – The Role of Veteran Court Alumni Groups and Mentors in Veterans Courts
Introduction of Panel – Dean Christian A. Johnson
Moderator – The Honorable Craig T. Trebilcock, Judge, York County Court of Common Pleas
- Veterans Court Judge – Judge Dugan
- The Role of Veteran Court Alumni Groups – Sarah Primak, LCSW, Lebanon VA Medical Center
- Role of Mentors - Mentors
- Keith Brown, Veteran
10:30-11:30 Panel – Veterans in the Courts: Alternative Solutions
Introduction of Panel – Dean Christian A. Johnson
Moderators – Angela Lowry, Problem Solving Courts Coordinator, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts, and Andrew M. Simpson, Judicial Programs Analyst, Veterans Courts, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts
- Judge Joseph Sklarosky, Jr., Luzerne County
- Kelly Cesari, Treatment Court Coordinator, Luzerne County
11:30 – 1:00 Lunch with Keynote Speaker – The Call to Action for Veterans Courts
Introduction – Christian A. Johnson
Tim Wynn, Veteran
Melissa Fitzgerald – Senior Director, Justice for Vets (NADCP), actor in West Wing television series and other productions, Co-Founder of Voices in Harmony
Justice James Fitzgerald - Senior Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2007-2008)
1:00 Thank You and Adjourn – Dean Christian A. Johnson
Note to attendees: This event may be recorded and rebroadcast by members of the news media.