Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Will T. Scott, chair of the Kentucky Access to Justice Commission’s Veterans Task Force is set to testify July 12 to the the state legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection.
The task force has looked at efforts to identify through information acquisition systems whether a veteran is a party in case and if appropriate, as determined by the judge, partnering with Veterans Administration to try and help. This includes training judges to be knowledgeable about what services are available to vets and a pilot veterans court in Jefferson County. The point is not to change the law, but to address neurological effects of modern combat and match vets with services.
