immediately after the program started, judge linley's court became a crucial destination for thousands interested in better serving veterans. judge linley understands the unique need of veterans and has done outstanding work at bridging the large divide in our culture between civilians and veterans in the justice system. she saw opportunities where solvedsaw obstacles, she not just the -- problems, she wanted to help individuals and communities and that is exactly what she did. while she was no longer presiding over treatment court, she will long be remembered for helping to pioneer programs that will also help us with saving the lives of 11,000 veterans this year. think of no one more deserving to be elected to the veterans treatment court hall of fame. it is my pleasure, my honor to introduce to you my friend and .ne of my mentors, judge linley [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> so, thank you justice for vets, carolyn and all the wonderful people i have worked with over the years. it is a huge honor to receive this and it was an honor to be one of you and work with you on behalf

[applause] judge linley -- judge lindley: thank you. it is a huge honor to receive this.was an honor to be one of you and work with you on behalf of veterans. i'll be brief but starting with long, long ago when i started my first collaborative court, we didn't have evidence-based practices available to us. ewe didn't have research. methamphetamine was the drug of choice at that time. there wasn't much available at all system of what did we do in these isolated pockets where we were creating these collaborative courts? we learned by trial and error. we made lots of mistakes. i made lots of mistakes. until the national association of drug court professionals came along and changed everything. today we are so fortunate to have justice for vets. justice for vets provides us with evidence-based treatment. they provide us with key components. they give us practical advice on creating, implementing, and improving veterans' courts. and they work tirelessly to do this. i personally had to put on probation several individuals who worked for justice for vets because they take no per