The University of Pittsburgh School of Law will host Problem-Solving Justice: Treatment Courts in Pennsylvania, on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 7:00 pm. at the The University Club, 123 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

The Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Independence is developing a program focused on Pennsylvania’s “Problem-Solving Courts.” Examples of these courts include veterans courts, drug courts, DUI courts, mental health courts and juvenile drug courts. Collectively, these “treatment courts” seek to adjudicate cases while simultaneously addressing underlying conditions that may have given rise to criminality, such as untreated mental illness, drug addiction or PTSD.z

The program features the following panelists:

• Supreme Court Justice Debra Todd;
• State Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel;
• Judge John Zottola, Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas; and
• Judge John Kennedy, York County Court of Common Pleas.

The panel will discuss Pennsylvania's history with problem-solving courts, such as veterans, drug, DUI and mental health courts, reviewing successes and developments with the programs and the challenges they face. The panel discussion will be moderated by KDKA-Pittsburgh’s Jon Delano and the program will be covered by PCN.

For questions, email Darren.Breslin@pacourts.us.

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