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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 8, 2023

Pleasant View Municipal Judge Greg Smith recently completed a position paper advising the Parliament of Ukraine on how to revamp its small claims courts, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. The parliament had reached out to the National Judicial College (NJC) for assistance with reforming its courts and the NJC asked Smith to handle recommendations for the small claims court system. Smith has taught for the NJC for the past nine years and has authored the Municipal Judges’ Bench Book. Of the experience, Smith said, "I'm humbled to be entrusted with this important task by the National Judicial College and the Country of Ukraine … Of all the judges that you could find, why me was what I was thinking.” Smith believes the paper has been translated from English to Ukrainian and is now headed to the parliament for review.