Courses

Join SOG faculty member Chris McLaughlin and a panel of expert tax foreclosure attorneys to learn about best practices for tax offices who use the foreclosure remedy.

1.5 hours of continuing education credit available.

GASB Statement No. 101, Compensated Absences, will be implemented by North Carolina governments for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.  While this may seem to be in the distant future, governments need to begin compiling information and beginning balances by July 1, 2024.  This webinar will provide participants with the following:

This session 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 work, the different players involved, how to navigate being an advocate and upholding client confidentiality...

This 1.5 hour webinar discusses legislative changes to North Carolina child welfare law during the 2025-2026 legislative session, focusing on session laws enacted through September 30, 2025. The webinar primarily focuses on Session Law 2025-16, the Fostering Care in NC Act, but the webinar also discusses shorter session laws that impact child...

Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers, or PLPL for short, is an annual CLE course designed for attorneys who work in or with North Carolina government. Some topics focus on legislative branch and executive branch information and issues, while other topics are of more general interest.

PLPL takes place each fall and includes 12 hours of CLE...

This session covers the substantive law of impaired driving. It begins with a general overview, then discusses reasonable suspicion and probable cause. It then covers implied consent testing, arrest processing, the elements of driving while impaired, and selected defenses. 

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Belal Elrahal, Assistant Professor...

This session covers sentencing for impaired driving offenses. It begins with a general overview. It then discusses sentencing hearings, determining the correct sentencing level, and additional sentencing issues. It also includes a few exercises for practice. 

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This on-demand video training series is designed for governing boards of county departments of social services, including appointed county boards of social services, consolidated human services boards, and boards of commissioners who have assumed the powers and duties of a board of social services. New directors of social services and human...

This session is intended for defenders making the transition from District Court to Superior Court. It offers a big-picture perspective on new challenges in Superior Court: open file discovery litigation, more formalized motion practice, increased complexity and organizational challenges, and adapting to a court of record. It...