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This advanced school for those currently holding the register of deeds office, is intended to enhance the register’s knowledge and analytical tools for fulfilling their decision-making managerial responsibilities. The school covers the following topics: leadership, holding office, register responsibilities, making decisions, and exercising discretion, understanding modern real estate transactions, public employment law, liability, IT management, budgeting, public contracts, and ethics. A test will be given at the end of the school, and attendees must submit a paper within thirty days of school completion that analyzes and applies approaches discussed in the school to the register’s operations.

Lead Faculty: Charles Szypszak, Albert Coates Distinguished Professor Public Law and Government

Session Faculty:

Robert Joyce, Charles Edwin Hinsdale Professor of Public Law and Government

Diane Juffras, Professor of Public Law and Government

Ricardo Morse, Professor of Public Administration and Government

Whitney Afonso, Professor of Public Administration and Government

Shannon Tufts, Professor of Public Administration and Government

Crista Cuccaro, Teaching Assistant Professor

2025 Elected Registers Agenda

Scholarship Information

Civic Foundation Scholarship

Members of Civic Federal Credit Union (Civic) are eligible to apply for a scholarship towards registration fees for programs offered by the School of Government. There are four deadlines to submit applications:

March 1: for programs starting between April 1 and June 30
June 1: for programs starting between July 1 and September 30
September 1: for programs starting between October 1 and December 31
December 1: for programs starting between January 1 and March 31

Visit the Civic Foundation for more information and to submit an application

Additional information

Attendees: North Carolina Registers of Deeds. This school is not for deputies or assistants.

Certification: A recommendation for advanced certification from the N.C. Register of Deeds Association will be made for attendance and successful completion of an examination and the required analytical paper.

There currently are no scheduled offerings of this course.

The agenda can be found here.

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