Responses to the Mental Health Crisis in the Justice System

 

A virtual panel event on Tuesday, April 16 will feature New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Lee Solomon and a lineup of experts covering a broad range of topics related to mental health in the justice system. Learn more.

 

The panelists include:

● Justice Lee Solomon, associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. He is chair of the court’s Committee on Wellness in the Law.
● Timothy McGoughran, president of the New Jersey State Bar Association.
● Judge Nan Waller, Multnomah County Circuit Judge in Portland, Oregon. She presides over a mental health court and competency docket.
● Judge James Bianco, judge of the Superior Court of Los Angeles. He presides over a full-time mental health courtroom and works with a program that diverts those with mental illness from the criminal justice system.
● Retired Recovery Court Judge Mark Sandson. He is vice chair of the N.J. Judiciary Opportunities for Building Success (JOBS) program, which aims to secure employment for probation clients.
● Iyana James, associate director of Justice Involved Services at Jewish Family Services of Atlantic County.

The event will be moderated by retired assignment judge Julio Mendez, who’s a Hughes Center senior contributing analyst.