Courses

This program provides training for attorneys who represent alleged contemnors in child support enforcement proceedings. Sessions will focus on civil contempt, advocacy in-and-out of the courtroom, evidence, and other issues relevant to respondent representation. 

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During this session, we will discuss the different types of contempt (civil and criminal).  We will then focus our discussion on civil contempt in proceedings before the clerk.  We will review, in particular, the procedure applicable to compelling inventories and accounts in estates, trusts, and guardianship proceedings, and the use of civil...

This course will be held online April 2, 2025 via Zoom from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

Local elected officials are stewards of the public trust. They are responsible for guiding multi-million dollar county and municipal corporations that depend on numerous sources of revenues and that have multiple layers of policy and management responsibilities....

This session will cover the process for the appointment of a personal representative in both testate and intestate estates.

If you are a local government professional who is actively managing social media accounts on behalf of your local government, this program is for you. As a government organization, how do you establish and grow your social media presence with an eye toward efficiency and effectiveness? How can you use Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms to...

Disagreements often go “You say up, I say down. You say left, I say right. You say hot, I say cold.”  Differences of opinion can quickly become opportunities to create new enemies if the conversations get out of hand. Elected officials can benefit from learning  additional skills for managing conversations when constituents and others are...