Check out the picture of Judge Marvin Halbert. The event was a LEAP statewide training session at Chestnut Hill’s Sugarloaf Conference Center probably in the late 80s or early 90s. The late Judge Halbert was a longtime supporter of LEAP and his wife, Marcia, is a retired Philadelphia School District teacher who had the museum educator position at City Hall. She set up and facilitated thousands of class visits by Philadelphia school children of all ages to observe courtrooms in action during her career. LEAP law students teaching in the local schools were asked to make a Court visit part of their curriculum and the ones who got to work with Judge Halbert sometimes found the Judge pulling the law students in as researchers and law clerks if the need arose. Can you see Joey Grant, a renowned litigator and champion of justice, behind Judge Halbert on the left? The woman seated watching the Judge on the right side in white with hair to match is Wallingford-Swarthmore educator Freema Nichols who did great things with her middle school students in Swarthmore using Teens, Crime and Community. Recognize anyone else?
Judge Halbert at Sugarloaf Circa Late 1980s
