Courses

This one-day conference held in-person offers school board attorneys the opportunity to learn about and discuss current issues related to public education law. Superintendents are also invited to attend.

Sessions will be led by School of Government faculty members and leading practitioners in the field.

This course will examine federal and state laws that encourage participation in public contracts by historically underutilized businesses (“HUBs”), minority and women-owned business enterprises (“MWBEs”), and disadvantaged business enterprises (“DBEs”).  Instructors also will address the practical aspects of running a HUB / MWBE program,...

This course will explore how to use the dispositional alternatives in a delinquency case to effectively disrupt patterns of repeat offending among youth. Participants will learn about the risk, needs, and responsivity principle; best practices in probation supervision; and evidence-based interventions. The class will also include a hands-on...

This conference, geared toward directors of local health departments and consolidated human services agencies and the attorneys who work with them, focuses on current legal issues confronting local health departments, including significant changes and developments in state and federal law affecting both personal and environmental health...

The Law and Administration course is an overview of North Carolina's building regulation system and is designed for the education and training of building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and fire prevention code enforcement officials. Course participants will study the structure of the federal, state, and local governments, the history of...

This new 2-day course focuses exclusively on termination of parental rights proceedings, both when there is and is not an underlying abuse, neglect, or dependency proceeding. The course will highlight procedural and substantive issues that often present in termination of parental rights cases and requirements for the court orders that are...