Local judge tapped for national leadership summit

Local judge tapped for national leadership summit

Judge Jennifer H. Bauknecht will attend the National Leadership Summit on School Discipline and Climate in Washington, D.C., in October.

Bauknecht serves as chairwoman of the Juvenile Justice Committee of the Illinois Judicial Conference and is a member of the Illinois Juvenile Justice Leadership Council and the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. She also serves on local committees to improve the legal justice system, including juvenile justice, and is involved in the Livingston County Commission on Children and Youth and the Livingston County Children’s Network.