Achieving Better Outcomes Through Diversion Programs and Social Service Connections
The next training session in the ALIJ Court-Appointed Counsel Training and Support Program is on November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM in Judge Satler’s courtroom at the Allegheny County Courthouse.
Topics to be discussed include:
The benefits for clients: improved case outcomes, mitigating risk, and reducing recidivism
Existing diversion programs
‘Self-created’ diversion
Understand the options at the preliminary hearing vs. trial-level
Facilitating service and resource connections
Resources ALIJ offers to help
Expected speakers include Judge Matthew V. Rudzki, Casey Mullen, Allie Podlogar (ALIJ social services advocate), Jake Wyland, and others.
To attend please RSVP by emailing clerk@ali4j.org before November 21.