{"80":{"first":"Dan","last":"Schuckers"},"81":"Adjunct Professor at Widener University Comm Law School","82":"dan.schuckers@gmail.com","83":"717-761-0153","84":{"first":"Irene","last":"Bizzoso"},"85":"1992","86":"For the past 27 years, Irene Bizzoso had dedicated her legal and administrative skills to public service.  After graduation in 1992, she worked as a staff attorney for five years with the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and for the past 22 years has served in various capacities with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court: first as a legal assistant to the prothonotary, then as the deputy prothonotary, then as the acting prothonotary and for the past nine years as the prothonotary of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  \r\n\r\nMs Bizzoso's public service extends to service beyond Pennsylvania.  She has been a member of the National Conference of Appellate Court Clerks (NCACC) since 2000; the NCACC is an organization founded in 1973 with members now from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam,  Puerto Rico, and several federal courts.   The NCACC is dedicated to the improvement of the skills and knowledge of appellate court clerks so that they can better serve the public.  Ms. Bizzoso served on the Executive Committee of the NCACC from 2005 to 2007, as Treasurer from 2009 to 2013, as President Elect in 2014 and 2015, as Vice President in 2015 and 2016, as President from 2016 to 2017, and as immediate Past President from 2017 to 2018.  In 2008 the NCACC's national conference was held in Pittsburgh primarily due to the efforts of Ms. Bizzoso.  Also, during her 19 years with the NCACC, she also has served as chair of the Convention Assistance Committee, chair of the Scholarship Committee, Chair of the Site Selection Committee and a member of the Contract Committee, the Technology Committee, the By-laws Committee, and the Public Relations Committee.\r\n\r\nMs Bizzoso's commitment to public service is also evident at the local level.  Since 1999 she has been a member of the James S. Bowman American Inn of Court---first as a barrister, then as a master, and now as a master emeritus.\r\nShe was a member of the Dauphin County Bar Association from 1992 to 2007, serving as vice chair of the Government Law Section in 1999 and as chair of that section in 2000.  From 1994 to 2005 she served on the advisory board for the YWCA of Harrisburg's Rape Crisis\/Domestic Violence program and from 2006 to 2009 she was a volunteer for the YMCA's Pennsylvania Youth & Government Program.\r\n\r\nWith her service with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Ms Bizzoso has attended meetings of the Pennsylvania Appellate Court Procedural Rules Committee since 1998.  For the past two years she has been active with the UJS (Unified Judicial System) Public Access Policy Implementation Committee which has endeavored to make the records of the judicial system, including the appellate courts, more accessible for the public.\r\n\r\nIn light of Ms. Bizzoso's 27 years of active commitment to public service in Pennsylvania and in light of her leadership in a national organization (the NCACC) committed to improving the delivery of legal services at the appellate court level, I enthusiastically recommend Irene Bizzoso for the Widener Law Commonwealth Excellence in Public Service Award.\r\n\r\nDaniel R. Schuckers, Esq."}