Pre-Law Advisory Committee
The Pre-Law Advisory Committee is made up of community members who are dedicated to assisting Millersville University, by mentoring our pre-law students.
Committee Members
Jordan Harris
State Rep. Jordan Harris is a 2006 graduate of Millersville University with a Bachelor of Arts in Government and Political Affairs and a minor in African American studies. After graduating from Millersville, Jordan served as the Executive Director of Philadelphia's Youth Commission. He was first elected to serve his community in the state House in South and Southwest Philadelphia in 2012.
After serving as Chair of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus in 2017-18, he was elected to Leadership as the Democratic Whip from 2019-2022 and currently serves in Leadership as the majority Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. While in office, Jordan has championed criminal justice reform and education reform, helping to pass a first-of-its-kind Clean Slate law that has become a national model and enabled millions of Pennsylvanians to have their criminal record sealed and get their second chance at success.
Jordan credits Millersville University with giving him his understanding and love of constitutional law, as well as his ability to build consensus among people with different backgrounds and upbringings.
Jansen Honberger
Jansen Honberger owns a 2 attorney law firm and focuses on all matters pertaining to family law. He spends significant time with face to face client interactions and also significant time in the courtroom setting.
Millersville helped prepare him for law school with advanced classes focusing on the law. His advisor assisted him tremendously with preparing for the law school process. If he had not met his advisor, he most likely would not have been steered towards this career so he has MU to thank for just about everything that has happened since he graduated.
Sergeant James Jacobs (Retired)
Columbia Borough Police Lancaster County, PA
James Jacobs recently retired after 25 years as a Platoon Sergeant and he was also the training Sergeant which taught use of force to include Taser and firearms.
His education and diploma at Millersville prepared him by teaching the concepts and steps in the criminal justice system. He also made some of the best personal connections with others that remain in the criminal justice system locally.
Tasha Stoltzfus Nankerville
Tasha Stoltzfus Nankerville focuses her civil litigation practice on medical malpractice defense, employment discrimination, Title IX, civil rights, and landlord/tenant issues. Before joining Barley Snyder, Tasha worked as an intern with the Lancaster County District Attorney’s office and Villanova Law’s Institute to Address Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE Institute). She previously worked in Lancaster City as a Finance/Human Resources director for six small businesses, as an Executive Director of a non-profit working alongside women affected by homelessness, and as a refugee resettlement caseworker. A Lancaster native with Amish roots, Tasha has a passion for public service and social justice. Her pro bono work involves cases seeking U Visa immigration relief and defending prisoners’ rights. Tasha has volunteered in her hometown with various non-profit organizations including Advoz, Tenfold, Lancaster County Conservancy, Night to Shine, and Church World Services.
Millersville was instrumental in preparing Tasha for her work as an attorney. In her senior year, Millersville connected Tasha with an internship at Church World Service, Lancaster's refugee resettlement agency. That internship turned into a full time position upon graduation, introduced her to the power of immigration law and advocating for refugee rights, and connected her to a partner at Barley Snyder; many years later, after graduating from law school, that connection helped her secure a summer associateship and full time job at Barley Snyder. The Government and Political Affairs classes, along with personal encouragement from Dr. Richard Glenn, primed her for the rigors of law school, where she went on to win a National Moot Court Competition. Tasha can say with almost 100% certainty that she would not be living out her passion and purpose as a lawyer had she not had the privilege of attending Millerville.
Bob Smulktis
Bob Smulktis graduated from Millersville University in 2002 and received his Juris Doctorate from Temple University in 2005. He is currently a Senior Deputy Attorney General with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, assigned to Region 3 of the Drug Strike Force, which covers nine counties in South Central Pennsylvania. His primary responsibilities involve prosecuting large scale drug trafficking organizations in state and federal court. He is also the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s Director of Diversion, overseeing all investigations and prosecutions involving the diversion of controlled substances from their legitimate chain of commerce. This would include the unlawful prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by medical professionals as well as the unlawful acquisition of controlled substances by others.
Olivia Stoner
Olivia Stoner graduated from Millersville University in 2014 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Government and Political Affairs. Olivia is currently a Felony Prosecutor for Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas. There she is a criminal trial attorney for the State of Texas prosecuting a wide range of felony offenses. She credits Millersville University with preparing her for the rigor of law school. The prelaw classes the University offers mimic that of a law school setting, which allowed her to ease into the transition between undergraduate and a graduate degree.
Coleman Wheeler
Coleman Wheeler was the first pre-law student at Millersville University. He is currently a JD Candidate in the Class of 2025 at The George Washington University Law School.
Coleman feels that Millersville’s pre-law program prepared him for law school in both form and substance. In form, the pre-law program instructed him on how to read complicated material, like caselaw, and derive the importance at its core. In substance, Dr. Glenn’s Constitutional Law courses exposed him to many cases he would later read, giving him an advantage in those classes.