Vancouver, WA – Clark County Therapeutic Specialty Courts will celebrate National Drug Court Month, National Drug Court Graduation Day and the tenth anniversary of Clark County’s Drug Court in special ceremonies on Friday, May 15.
Superior and District Courts will host the celebration and graduation ceremony to be held between noon and 2 p.m. at Esther Short Park, West Columbia and Eighth streets, Vancouver. The public is invited to witness first hand the success of these programs and the personal journeys of graduates.
Judge James Rulli started the Superior Court Adult Drug Court in Clark County 10 years ago and is currently the Presiding Judge for the Juvenile Recovery Court. “The benefits of these programs are exemplified by the hundreds of participants who have succeeded in gaining clean and healthy lives and are no longer burdening the community’s resources in the criminal justice system, medical and social services,” he says. “They contribute to the community’s well-being by gaining employment and leading drug-free lives.”
To help celebrate, the Board of Clark County Commissioners will sign a proclamation naming May as Drug Court Month in Clark County. The commissioners will read the proclamation at 9:45 a.m. on May 12, in the hearing room on the sixth floor of the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin St., Vancouver.
During April, each of the county’s seven Therapeutic Specialty Courts has been encouraging participants to take part in an artistic contest. “We’ve asked all of our participants to demonstrate through words, songs, drawings, pictures, paintings or other artwork how their lives have changed since entering a therapeutic specialty court program,” says Judge Rulli.
This year also marks 20 years for evolution of specialty courts nationwide, beginning with a program started in 1989 by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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