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SEP 28, 2018 FRIDAY

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.

Click here to register. Questions: [email protected]

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.