Courses

This course is designed for experienced magistrates. This course helps magistrates improve their performance with important criminal procedure tasks such as determining probable cause, selecting process, conducting initial appearances, and setting bonds.

Navigating difficult conversations is a core leadership skill. Healthy conflict gives us an opportunity to express our ideas and learn more about others’ perspectives so we can come up with solutions that last. Working through conflict can make us stronger, more resilient, and more accepting. This one-day course will help you find the...

November 3, 2026 | 9 am-4 pm | Chapel Hill | Registration Fee: $350

Registration will close one week before the program. 

Dale Roenigk will be the instructor. 

Participants in this course will learn techniques for planning, monitoring, and evaluating programs and activities. The course focuses on a variety of easy-to-apply...

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 foreclosure hearings.

November 13, 2026 | 9am-4pm | Chapel Hill | Registration Fee: $495   

The course is open to local elected officials and local government professionals.

Local governments that focus on the fundamentals of leadership, strategic planning, performance improvement, and genuine engagement can knit together a high-performance framework...

November 16-19, 2026 | Multi-Day | Chapel Hill | Registration Fee: TBA

Registration will close one week before the program.

This seminar will offer an intensive exploration of judicial decision-making by magistrates:  how those decisions are made, how to apply the law in the process, and how real life challenges impact decision-making. Our focus will be on improving participants’ abilities to make legal decisions while identifying and guarding against improper...