AUGUSTA — The College of Maine at Augusta’s Maine State Discussion board Sequence is scheduled to host Chief Decide Eric Mehnert and Rhonda Decontie, clerk of the courtroom of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court docket, to debate how the Therapeutic to Wellness Court docket employs restorative justice ideas to handle social issues inside the group.
This free webinar is about to start at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8.
Registration is required at forms.gle/LQjupcBN5u7cya98A. As soon as registered, an electronic mail with the Zoom hyperlink to take part on this occasion might be offered.
The Penobscot Nation Tribal Court docket “combines judicial oversight and powers of the Tribal Court docket with native therapeutic and wellness companies to higher handle any and all underlying or co-occurring substance or psychological well being problems with the court-involved people,” in accordance with a information launch from UMA.
“We’re more than happy to announce that Decide Mehnert will educate a brand new course on Tribal Legislation at UMA within the spring semester of 2022, and this presentation will present a preview of the ideas that might be a part of the brand new course providing,” said Sharon McMahon Sawyer, affiliate professor and program coordinator of justice research. “At current, that is the one tribal legislation course provided within the japanese United States.”
Concerning the audio system:
Decontie has served on the Penobscot Nation’s Judicial System since 2011 and have become clerk of the courtroom in 2014. Beneath her management, the Tribal Court docket has been nationally acknowledged as a pacesetter in dealing with youngster protecting proceedings and for its culturally-aligned Therapeutic to Wellness Court docket.
She is a graduate of the College of Maine at Augusta and is a member of the Bangor Campus Advisory Council.
Mehnert has served as chief decide of the Penobscot Nation Tribal Court docket since 2008. He presides over the Nation’s Felony and Civil courts in addition to the Nation’s Therapeutic to Wellness Court docket. He served as chief of Enforcement of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Fee in opposition to Discrimination, overseeing a workers of 15 attorneys and 45 investigators prosecuting discrimination instances in Massachusetts.
Sawyer will function moderator of the Maine State Discussion board.
The Maine State Discussion board, funded by a UMA analysis and innovation grant, invitations distinguished Maine policymakers to talk on the College of Maine at Augusta on matters of curiosity to Mainers. The discussion board brings audio system, the college group, and the general public collectively to satisfy and focus on matters within the information that have an effect on the lives of Maine residents.
For extra data, electronic mail Sawyer at [email protected].
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