Veterans Treatment Court Seminar

Samford University's Campus Veterans Association

and Cumberland's Military Justice Society

will be hostings a

Veterans Treatment Court Seminar

Thursday, February 11th

11am

in the Moot Court Room

Speakers include:

Judge John Carroll - Cumberland School of Law

Attorney and Combat Veteran Jeremy Glassford - Balch & Bingham, LLP

Attorney Texys Morris - Community Law Office

Lunch will be provided in the hallway outside of the Moot Court Room.

So what are Veterans Treatment Courts?

"In April 2012, former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles

Malone requested that Shelby County’s Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Court

establish a Veterans Treatment Court to address the unique challenges

facing the increasing numbers of military veterans involved with

Alabama’s criminal justice system." - Jeremy Glassford, 2013 "In War, There Are No Unwounded Soldiers”: The Emergence of Veterans Treatment Courts in Alabama, 65 Ala. L. Rev. 239.

Veterans Treatment Courts include many facets of law and help veterans in a variety of ways. In fact, most say Alabama is leading the way in VTC. The purpose of this seminar is to inform students of what VTC are, the emergence of VTC in Alabama, the VTC process, as well as the future of VTC.

Potential volunteering opportunities will be discussed.

Feel free to send any questions to Samford Campus Veterans Association President, Jordan M. Thompson at Jthomps5@samford.edu.

For more information on Veterans Treatment Courts, he recommend reading Glassford's, "In War, There Are No Unwounded Soldiers"

Here is a link: http://www.law.ua.edu/pubs/lrarticles/Volume%2065/Issue%201/5%20Glassford%20239-267.pdf