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What Life is Like in Delinquency Out-of-Home Settings

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This one-day course is offered by the North Carolina Judicial College and provides District Court Judges with the opportunity to visit out-of-home settings used in delinquency matters. The course is required for advanced certification in juvenile justice (judges are only required to attend one offering). Due to the nature of...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Lead Across Boundaries

Lead Across Boundaries

This class will be held on-site at SOG from 9am to 4pm. It is open to both professional and elected officials.

Many, if not most, of the complex issues in the public sector are not neatly contained within the purview of one organization. Just as we have seen with the response to the Hurricane Helene disaster, no one...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Custody Jurisdiction Module

This session is intended to be an introduction to and overview of the law relating to a North Carolina court’s jurisdiction to make a child custody determination.

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Advanced Fair Labor Standards Act

Advanced Fair Labor Standards Act is an intensive, two-day program that takes an in-depth look at FLSA issues of particular concern to local government and community college employers. The course will focus on better understanding the exempt duties test and on compensation issues, such as meal, sleep, travel and training time, telecommuting/...

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Public Law for the Public's Lawyers On-Demand Videos

I will lead the planning for a fall 2020 offering of Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers (PLPL), in place of Professor Aimee Wall, who has taken on a greater administrative role at the School of Government. We appreciate our legislative and state agency partners who help plan and make this course possible.

This course is sponsored by the...

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Judicial College Webinar: Motivating Officers to Apply for the Job

Recruitment and retention of police officers is challenging even for the most well-resourced agencies, leading police departments nationwide to "think outside the box" in their recruitment and retention efforts. This session reports on one such effort, a pilot study conducted by the UNC School of Government in parthernship with police...

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Fundamentals of Property Tax Collection

This course focuses on law and practice governing the collection of county and municipal property taxes. It is designed to help new tax office employees learn the basics of tax collection while also providing a refresher for tax office veterans.

The School of Government is grateful for the generosity of Zacchaeus...

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Family Law for Judges

Family Law for Judges

These two courses are offered by the North Carolina Judicial College. They are intended for District Court Judges who are relatively new to domestic relations court, and who do not have substantial experience with family law matters. The objective of these classes is to allow participants to learn about the law...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Public Law for the Public's Lawyers

I lead the planning for Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers (PLPL). The course addresses issues relevant to attorneys who work in or with North Carolina state government. That means a focus on legislative branch and executive branch information and issues, typically. We usually offer the program in the fall and plan for...

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Top 10 Primer: What Local Elected Officials Need to Know about Public Health and Social Services

Top 10 Primer: What Local Elected Officials Need to Know about Public Health and Social Services

This is a free online course from 10–11:15 AM on October 19, 2022.

Being an effective local elected official requires a basic understanding of what your local government agencies do. The public health and social services agencies are two public agencies that are touch points for many of the people in your communities. Their services...

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Advanced Americans with Disabilities Act Course

Advanced Americans with Disabilities Act Course

The Advanced Americans with Disabilities Act class is an intensive, two-day program taking an in-depth look at ADA issues of particular concern to government and community college employers. The class is limited to 65.

Prerequisite: You must have completed Introduction...

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Self-Defense: Law and Issues

Self-Defense: Law and Issues

The law of self-defense in North Carolina received a jolt from State v. McLymore, 380 N.C. 185 (2022), where the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the only way to claim perfect self-defense is by invoking the statutory right created by G.S. 14-51.3. The Court went on to say, however, that to the extent the statute does not address an...

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NC Magistrates' Fall Conference

This annual 3-day conference provides continuing education to magistrates on a wide range of topics related to performance of the duties of the office of magistrate.

***The Administrative Office of the Courts coordinates registration for this conference.

For registration details please contact Ann Zemba at the AOC.***...

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Forge Strong Teams

Forge Strong Teams

This course can be offered on demand via a request from your jurisidiction. Please contact knelson@sog.unc.edu if you are interested in this option.

The current work environment has changed post-covid. Attitudes and priorities have changed for many individuals and how and where people work may vary. Leading and getting the most out of your team...

There are additional offerings of this course available.

Mental Health Issues in Juvenile Law

This multiday course includes instruction on common mental health needs among youth, the structure and function of the mental health system, mental health assessments and treatment, capacity to proceed, involuntary commitment, and the connection between child welfare and delinquency proceedings and mental health from the beginning to the end of...

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Advanced Juvenile Delinquency Training

Advanced Juvenile Delinquency Training

This course, which will be held in Morganton, will focus on serious and violent offenders in the juvenile justice system. It will include a visit to Western Youth Institution, the Department of Correction Facility that houses the youngest inmates in the adult system, including those whose cases were transferred from juvenile court. Factors...

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Resolving Public Disputes: Workshop II

Resolving Public Disputes: Workshop II

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...

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US Supreme Court Seminar for District Court and Superior Court Judges

This seminar offers a small group of district court and superior court judges the opportunity to travel to Washington, D.C. to visit the institution at the fore of the nation’s judicial system: the United States Supreme Court. Participants will hear oral arguments at the court, and some will have an opportunity to be sworn in to the Supreme...

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Essentials for Local Government Managers

Essentials for Local Government Managers

This program is geared toward local government managers who are new to North Carolina or to the profession or to assistant managers and other upper-level local government managers who are interested in becoming city or county managers in the future. The program will give participants a broad set of training on managing local governments in...

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Fiduciary Responsibilities of Local Elected Officials

Fiduciary Responsibilities of Local Elected Officials

This course will be held April 8th online via Zoom from 1:00pm-4:00pm.

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...

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