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<p>HARRISBURG &#8212; Back Mountain District Judge Brian J. Tupper was recently recertified as a member of Pennsylvania&#8217;s Unified Judicial System after completing a program conducted by the Minor Judiciary Education Board and the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.</p><p>The program, located in Harrisburg, is a week-long course designed to ensure that district judges remain current in legal topics and management techniques.</p><p>This year&#8217;s curriculum included: updates on the motor vehicle code, debt collection, homeowner&#8217;s association law and condominium law, landlord and tenant disputes, ethics, gang awareness, alternative dispute resolution, language access, dog law and animal cruelty, crash reconstruction, and strangulation law.</p><p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s district judges are required by statute to complete continuing education coursework.</p><style>
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District Judge Tupper recertified