Courses

This course is co-sponsored by the Office of Indigent Defense Services, and co-sponsored by NC Association of Public Defenders.

The Spring Public Defender Attorney Conference provides training on current topics of interest to public defender attorneys and investigators. This year’s conference topics include emerging Fourth Amendment...

The Annual Contractor and Assigned Counsel Training focuses on topics of interest to criminal law practitioners. This year’s training includes sessions on the topics of gangs, cybersecurity (satisfies technology requirement), capacity, and involuntary commitment. It also includes a criminal case law update and a special address by Chief Justice...

This class will be held online via Zoom from 10:00am to 11:15am. Please register to receive the Zoom link.

Elected officials are often bombarded with good will! Sometimes, that good will takes the form of gifts, most unsolicited but no less problematic. What’s an elected official to do?  

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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...

Topics will include discovery and investigation, suppression and other superior court motions, lab reports, preserving the record, jury instructions, sentencing, and trial skills—including conducting voir dire—necessary to handle felony cases from start to finish. The program is comprised of plenary sessions and intensive small-group workshops...