Course Catalog MARCH 2017 It is extremely helpful to have School of “Government faculty to be neutral] advisors on the law. They won’t give you an answer but will point you to case law, often right in the moment you need the information.” —Gregory Horne North Carolina Superior Court Judge Lead, Learn, Engage 2 NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL COLLEGE | COURSE CATALOG Judges, magistrates, and clerks of court make difficult decisions every day that affect individuals, businesses, and governments. North Carolina Judicial College courses are designed to give presiding officials the continuing education they Lead, Learn, Engage need to address the issues that come before them and to play leadership roles in their courthouses and communities. The Judicial College supports court actors in their ability to administer justice fairly and efficiently and to manage the organizations that are their courts. JUDICIALCOLLEGE.UNC.EDU 3 ABOUT THE NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL COLLEGE The North Carolina Judicial College provides education and training for judicial officials, including judges, magistrates, and clerks of court. It includes training for new officials, continuing education seminars, and online offerings such as webinars and self-study modules. Much of the work of the Judicial College is done in partnership with, and is supported by, the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, the School’s primary court education partner. The Judicial College also collaborates with organizations that offer specialized expertise in science, business, technology, and other complex topics that are coming before the courts with increasing frequency. The Judicial College is part of the UNC School of Government, and many School of Government faculty members coordinate and teach in its programs. OUR HISTORY TABLE OF CONTENTS The UNC School of Government has worked with court officials since its TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICIALS 5 founding by Albert Coates in the 1930s. In 2005, the Judicial College was funded by the North Carolina General Assembly and School faculty member CRIMINAL LAW 5 Jim Drennan was named the founding director. EVIDENCE 8 MEETING YOUR NEEDS JUVENILE LAW 8 Since its inception, the Judicial College has addressed the increasing demand for training coming from a growing court system. We understand FAMILY LAW 9 the need for education about black-letter law as well as the need for information about leadership, technology, substance abuse, and other CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE 10 topics pertinent to the courts. LEADERSHIP 11 A NETWORK OF PEERS OTHER 12 Our faculty are experts in nurturing small-group, interactive educational ANNUAL CONFERENCES 13 events that allow judicial officials to discuss the challenges of their profession in a safe learning environment. AUDIENCES The Judicial College offers courses for the following groups: Magistrates Chief District Court Judges Clerks of Superior Court Superior Court Judges Assistant and Deputy Clerks of Senior Resident Superior Superior Court Court Judges District Court Judges Appellate Judges 4 NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL COLLEGE | COURSE CATALOG TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICIALS ORIENTATION FOR NEW SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES This course for new superior court judges focuses on conducting BASIC SCHOOL FOR MAGISTRATES criminal court, transitioning from the bar to the bench, sentencing, Mandatory for newly appointed magistrates, this course provides evidence, pro se litigation, motions for appropriate relief, ethics, essential training on civil and criminal law, including small claims, fairness, computer training, civil issues, and more. involuntary commitments, search warrants, criminal pleadings, and AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges pretrial release. FREQUENCY: Annually AUDIENCE: Magistrates ENROLLMENT: Invitation only TABLE OF CONTENTS FREQUENCY: Twice per year, in winter and summer LENGTH: 5 days TRAINING FOR NEW OFFICIALS 5 ENROLLMENT: Invitation only LEAD FACULTY: Jessica Smith LENGTH: 10 days CRIMINAL LAW 5 LEAD FACULTY: Dona G. Lewandowski TRAINING FOR NEW CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURT Designed for new clerks of superior court, this course covers critical EVIDENCE 8 ORIENTATION FOR NEW CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES/SENIOR topics such as estates, foreclosures, and guardianship and adoption. It RESIDENT SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES also provides information about the role and liability of the clerk. JUVENILE LAW 8 This course is for trial court judges who are new to an administrative AUDIENCE: Clerks of Superior Court role as a senior resident superior court judge or a chief district court FREQUENCY: Odd-numbered years FAMILY LAW 9 judge. Topics include scheduling, performance measures, facilities ENROLLMENT: Invitation only and court security, case management, human resources, court LENGTH: 3 days CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE 10 leadership, and relations with the news media. LEAD FACULTY: Meredith Smith AUDIENCE: Chief District Court Judges, Senior Resident Superior LEADERSHIP 11 Court Judges FREQUENCY: Odd-numbered years in winter CRIMINAL LAW OTHER 12 ENROLLMENT: Invitation only LENGTH: 3 days ADVANCED CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ANNUAL CONFERENCES 13 LEAD FACULTY: Ann M. Anderson, Shea Riggsbee Denning This course helps judges develop skills to decide evidence issues quickly and accurately. Topics include character and habit, ORIENTATION FOR NEW DISTRICT COURT JUDGES hearsay, the Confrontation Clause, experts, child witnesses, and This course provides training and orientation for new district court authentication. judges on conducting criminal, civil, and juvenile court, including AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges issues of ethics and fairness as well as substantive legal topics. FREQUENCY: Every 5 years AUDIENCE: District Court Judges ENROLLMENT: Application FREQUENCY: Annually, with one week in winter and one in spring LENGTH: 4 days ENROLLMENT: Invitation only LEAD FACULTY: Jessica Smith LENGTH: 10 days LEAD FACULTY: Cheryl D. Howell JUDICIALCOLLEGE.UNC.EDU 5 James C. Drennan ADVANCED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CAPITAL CASE MANAGEMENT This course focuses on advanced criminal procedure issues that may This course is designed to help superior court judges handle be encountered by superior court judges, including motions practice, capital cases efficiently and correctly, addressing such issues as case jury selection and management, sentencing, and post-conviction management, jury selection, experts and discovery, and capital proceedings. sentencing hearings. AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges FREQUENCY: Every 5 years FREQUENCY: Every 5 years ENROLLMENT: Application ENROLLMENT: Application LENGTH: 5 days LENGTH: 2 days LEAD FACULTY: Jessica Smith LEAD FACULTY: Jeffrey B. Welty ADVANCED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE FOR MAGISTRATES POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS This course for experienced magistrates focuses on criminal This course is designed to help judges effectively rule on issues that arise procedure, including the law and practice of determining probable after conviction in a criminal case. Topics include procedural issues cause, selecting process, conducting initial appearances, and setting related to motions for appropriate relief, substantive claims such as bonds. ineffective assistance of counsel, post-conviction sex offender registration AUDIENCE: Magistrates proceedings, habeas corpus, and post-conviction DNA testing. FREQUENCY: Odd-numbered years in winter AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges ENROLLMENT: Application FREQUENCY: Every 5 years LENGTH: 2 days ENROLLMENT: Application LEAD FACULTY: Jeffrey B. Welty LENGTH: 1 day LEAD FACULTY: Jessica Smith ARREST, SEARCH, AND INVESTIGATION This course addresses important issues in the rapidly-changing law PROCESSING DWIs UPON ARREST of search, seizure, and investigation. Past topics have included drug This course is intended for magistrates and district court judges dogs, traffic stops, digital evidence, and probation searches. who seek to improve their performance in cases involving alleged AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges, District Court Judges impaired driving. Topics include elements of impaired driving, FREQUENCY: Every 5 years applicable legal procedures, completion of required paperwork, ENROLLMENT: Application standardized field sobriety tests, information from drug recognition LENGTH: 2 days experts, pretrial release and detention, vehicle forfeitures, and ethics. LEAD FACULTY: Jeffrey B. Welty AUDIENCE: Magistrates and District Court Judges FREQUENCY: Even-numbered years in fall ENROLLMENT: Application LENGTH: 2 days LEAD FACULTY: Shea Riggsbee Denning 6 NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL COLLEGE | COURSE CATALOG SENTENCING SEMINAR Conducted in conjunction with a UNC-Chapel Hill law school PUBLICATIONS AND BLOGS seminar on North Carolina sentencing practices, this seminar The UNC School of Government publishes essential focuses on the discretionary aspects of sentencing, using a case and books, manuals, reports, bulletins, and other print and discussion format. A judge, prosecutor, or defender present cases, online content critical to the judicial system in North and participants have the opportunity to decide how they would have Carolina. For more information on publications, visit sentenced the defendants. sog.unc.edu/pubs. AUDIENCE: Superior Court Judges, District Court Judges, Others FREQUENCY: Annually in spring ENROLLMENT: Invitation only Two popular and free blogs cover North Carolina LENGTH: 7 days, spread across an academic semester criminal and civil law. LEAD FACULTY: James M. Markham North Carolina Criminal Law: nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu ADVANCED SENTENCING On the Civil Side: