Basic School for Magistrates
- Chapel Hill, NCJanuary 27 - 31, 2025February 17 - 21, 2025
This course is sponsored by NC Administrative Office of the Courts, and School of Government, UNC.

This course for newly appointed magistrates covers elements of crimes, criminal procedure, small claims procedure, summary ejectment, contracts, ethics, and handling funds.
This course is available only to appointed magistrates. If you have a newly-hired magistrate who needs to attend Basic School, please have them reach out to John Sherman, sherman@sog.unc.edu
Additional information
Attendees: Newly appointed NC Magistrates
Certification: North Carolina law requires magistrates to successfully complete this course in order to be eligible for reappointment. Successful completion consists of passing an extensive objective examination on the law pertaining to their duties. Magistrates who obtain a passing score on the examination are then certified as eligible for reappointment.
Credit: Magistrate CE
- Chapel Hill, NCJanuary 27 - 31, 2025February 17 - 21, 2025UNC School of Government
400 South Road
Knapp-Sanders Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27514View Additional InformationInvitation only50
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Albert and Gladys Coates Term Professor; Teaching Assistant Professor