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Areas of Interest
Magistrates' issues (non-criminal law), including summary ejectment, small claims procedure, performing marriages, and appointment and removal matters
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Dona Lewandowski joined the faculty of the Institute of Government in 1985 and spent the next five years writing, teaching, and consulting with district court judges in the area of family law. In 1990, following the birth of her son, she left the Institute to devote full time to her family. She rejoined the School of Government in 2006. Lewandowski holds a BS and an MA from Middle Tennessee State University and a JD with honors, Order of the Coif, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After law school, she worked as a research assistant to Chief Judge R.A. Hedrick of the NC Court of Appeals.
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Susan Jensen joined the School of Government in 2008. In her role as program manager, she works with magistrates and new District Court judges. Jensen holds a BA from UNC-Chapel Hill in radio/TV/motion pictures and in political science, and an MA in political science from Appalachian State University.
Other School of Government faculty who specialize in courts and criminal justice issues — including their areas of interest — are listed below:
| Ann Anderson |
Civil procedure; courts; administration of estates |
| Mark Botts | Mental health law, including involuntary commitment law and procedure; privacy of behavioral healthcare records; local government responsibility for publicly funded mental health, developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services; administration and governance of area authorities; legal responsibilities of area boards; psychotherapist liability for dangerous patients; advance directives for mental health treatment |
| Michael Crowell | Courts and judicial education; constitutional law; voting rights; alcoholic beverage control law |
| Shea Denning | Motor vehicle law, including legal aspects of driving while impaired and driver’s license revocations |
| James Drennan | Director, North Carolina Judicial College; judicial ethics; judicial administration; legal responsibilities of clerks of court; pattern jury instructions; North Carolina constitution |
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Criminal law and procedure; police attorneys; evidence |
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| Cheryl Daniels Howell | Courts; family law; judicial education |
| Jamie Markham | Criminal sentencing; corrections; community corrections; jails and prisons |
| Janet Mason | Juvenile law; social services law; adoption; marriage law |
| Jessica Smith | Criminal law and procedure; judicial education; bail and pretrial release; evidence; post-conviction procedure |
| Jeff Welty | Criminal law and procedure; evidence; prosecutor training; police attorneys |
* Part-time, available to respond to magistrate crimnal law questions by email and telephone
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