Here Comes the Judge
Course | Registration opens 2/1/2027 8:00 AM EDT
Honorable Jennifer J.P. Clancy, Esquire has been a lawyer since 1991 and has served as a Magisterial District Judge since 2016. Her jurisdiction includes Spring Garden Township (York College of Pennsylvania), North York Borough, and part of the City of York. West York Borough was formerly in her jurisdiction. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of the types of cases that she presides over as Judge as well as daily transactions such as search warrants, arrest warrants, preliminary arraignments (setting of bail), and E-PFAs. She will speak to how this Judge runs her courtroom and office. Questions will be welcomed.
Honorable Jennifer J.P. Clancy, Esquire
The Honorable Jennifer J.P. Clancy is a graduate of Messiah University (summa cum laude) and the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. She has been practicing law in several different capacities since 1991. Clancy and her family moved to York (Spring Garden Township) in 2000. Active in her community, she served on the Messiah University Board of Trustees (eight years) and the York Suburban School Board (nine years). Clancy coached 20 seasons of girls’ youth sports in the York area and volunteers at her church. She was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to its newly formed Judicial Ethics Advisory Board (10 years). Clancy was first elected as a York County Magisterial District Judge in 2015 with broad bi-partisan support and re-elected unopposed in 2021. Now in her 11th year on the bench, her District Court (19-2-05) encompasses Spring Garden Township, North York Borough, and part of the City of York. She presides over cases for the York College of Pennsylvania since it is in her jurisdiction.