Courses

LELA 201: Bridging Divides: Techniques for Productive Governing

This course has been canceled.

Elected officials today must navigate a host of diverse political perspectives when confronting challenges in their communities. To foster productive conversations and create policy solutions to local issues, they must learn to find commonalities amongst differences of opinion with their neighbors, build a...

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Lead Across Boundaries

It is open to both professional and elected officials.

Many, if not most, of the complex issues in the public sector are not neatly contained within the purview of one organization. Just as we have seen with the response to the Hurricane Helene disaster, no one person, organization, or sector has all the ability,...

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2024 New Clerks Institute On Demand

This is a one-day On Demand crash course on subjects vital to the work of clerks to municipal and county governing boards.
Topics covered include the open meetings law, the public records law, meeting agendas and minutes, public notices, oaths of office, and board procedure fundamentals.

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LELA 201: Social Media Strategies and Best Practices

This course will be offered online via Zoom on September 21, 2023 from 9:00am-12:00pm.

As an elected official, does your social media presence reflect what you value? Does it deliver the message you want to the people you want to reach?

This on-line class will familiarize you with the variety of different social media platforms and...

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Advanced Juvenile Delinquency Training

This course, which will be held in Morganton, will focus on serious and violent offenders in the juvenile justice system. It will include a visit to Western Youth Institution, the Department of Correction Facility that houses the youngest inmates in the adult system, including those whose cases were transferred from juvenile court. Factors...

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Top 10 Primer: Worker Recruitment and Retention in Local Government

This webinar will cover ten evidence-based tactics local governments can use to attract and retain the best employees. The tactics are based on workplace climate data from the School of Government Local Government Workplaces Initiative and the latest social science research. Attendees will come away with strategies for...

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Resolving Public Disputes: Workshop II

Workshop II: Collaboration and Tools for Handling Contentious Stakeholder Groups

This workshop is part two of a three-course sequence to improve individual negotiation skills and responses to conflict and to strengthen group facilitation, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities. This workshop examines the conditions for effective...

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US Supreme Court Seminar for District Court and Superior Court Judges

This seminar offers a small group of district court and superior court judges the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the institution at the fore of the nation’s judicial system: the United States Supreme Court. Participants will hear oral arguments at the court, and some will have an opportunity to be sworn in to the Supreme...

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Fundamental Supervisory Practices: Tier One Counties

This offering of Fundamental Supervisory Practices is sponsored by the Golden LEAF Foundation. Enrollment is reserved for Participants from Qualifying Counties.

Thanks to generous support from the Golden LEAF Foundation, this session of Fundamental Supervisory Practices is offered specifically for participants from local governments...

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Legitimation under North Carolina Law

This session will provide an introduction to legitimation – what is it, how is a child is legitimated under North Carolina Law, and why does it matter. The primary focus of the session is to review the provisions of the law and the role of the clerk in these special proceedings. Topics to be addressed include who can file, when and where is the...

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Recovery Courts: An Overview for Defenders

This course is co-sponsored by the UNC School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services.

This webinar focuses on the defense attorney’s role in recovery courts in North Carolina, including drug treatment, veterans, and DWI courts. Defenders will learn about relevant authorities and resources, how these courts...

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Raise the Age Workshop

This course will cover the legal requirements of the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act, often referred to as “Raise the Age.” Topics will include new requirements for processing offenses alleged to have been committed by juveniles at age 16 and 17 from first encounter with law enforcement through transfer to superior court or juvenile...

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Water and Wastewater Finance Strategies Workshop

This course offered by the UNC School of Government's Environmental Finance Center provides a comprehensive overview of financial and legal considerations for water and wastewater utilities. Participants will explore legal structures and financing tools such as user fees, system development fees, availability fees,...

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Performance Management in Tax Administration

This course is part of the Performance Management Course Series. Click HERE for the full list of courses

This course is held online via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes around 4 hours of asynchronous materials and modules to complete prior to the live class.

If you...

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Navigating Challenging Issues Through Community Engagement

This course will take place in person at the School of Government from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

This course is open to both professional and elected officials.

Local government leaders face challenging situations where they benefit from hearing from a wide range of perspectives. Intense emotions arising from such situations can...

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Incompetency and Adult Guardianship Proceedings for Clerks

This course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. The course is intended for both clerks and assistant clerks of superior court and will cover issues that arise with incompetency and guardianship hearings. Topics will include the use of limited guardianship, legal representation of the respondent, procedural and...

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Advanced Sentencing: Probation

There are over 80,000 people on probation in North Carolina. As a result, probationary sentences and probation violations are a big part of the daily work of the state court system. This one-day program is designed to help judges manage that workload by crafting probationary sentences that are lawful and effective in achieving...

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Single Protective Arrangements and Single Transactions

Do you have questions about single protective arrangements and single transactions under G.S. 35A-1121? Do you want to learn more about how they intersect with—and in some cases replace—the need for a guardian? Have you already dealt with cases involving this new type of relationship authorized by Session Law 2021-53? Then join us for a...

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IIMC Clerks Certification Institute

Applications for the 2025 program are now closed. Applications for the 2026 program will open early in 2026.

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Top 10 Primer: Use of Social Media for Local Elected Officials

This free course will be held online via Zoom from 10am- 11:15am. Please register ahead of time to access the zoom link.

Does your use of social media change once the campaign is over and you begin to govern? The answer to that question can be complex. Adding to the complexity is the ever-present likelihood that some of your "...