Courses

LELA 201: Social Media Strategies and Best Practices

This course will be offered online via Zoom on September 21, 2023 from 9:00am-12:00pm.

As an elected official, does your social media presence reflect what you value? Does it deliver the message you want to the people you want to reach?

This on-line class will familiarize you with the variety of different social media platforms and...

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Compensated Absences Webinar

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:

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Performance Management in Tax Administration

This course is part of the Performance Management Course Series. Click HERE for the full list of courses

This course is held online via Zoom from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes around 4 hours of asynchronous materials and modules to complete prior to the live class.

If you...

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Performance Management in Information Technology

This class is part of the Performance Management Course Series. To see the full list of courses offered please click HERE

This course will take place online via Zoom from 9am - 2pm and will include around ...

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Advanced Juvenile Law: Delinquency and Mental Health

This North Carolina Judicial College course is intended for judges with experience presiding over juvenile delinquency proceedings. This class will provide an overview of the requirement in G.S. 7B-2502(c), to refer juveniles to an area mental health director for evaluation and mobilizing resources in order to inform certain delinquency...

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Incompetency and Adult Guardianship Proceedings for Clerks

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 incompetency and guardianship hearings. Topics will include the use of limited guardianship, legal representation of the respondent, procedural and...

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North Carolina CGCIO

After 20 successful years of offering the Certified Government Chief Information Officers’ (CGCIO) program to elevate IT leadership across NC and beyond, we are taking a pause to review the curriculum, upgrade the content, and assess the various ways we can most effectively deliver the CGCIO program to IT leaders. We anticipate the...

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One-Day Criminal Law Seminar for Magistrates

This program focuses on criminal law and procedure issues pertinent to magistrates. This course includes sessions on substantive criminal law topics, and case law and legislative updates. This course provides 5.75 hours of continuing education.This course is appropriate for magistrates, with sessions related to criminal law and procedure, legal...

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Civil Contempt in Proceedings Before the Clerk

During this session, we will discuss the different types of contempt (civil and criminal). We will then focus our discussion on civil contempt in proceedings before the clerk. We will review, in particular, the procedure applicable to compelling inventories and accounts in estates, trusts, and guardianship proceedings, and the use of civil...

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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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Recovery Courts: An Overview for Defenders

This course is co-sponsored by the UNC School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services.

This webinar 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...

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Online module

Planning and Zoning E-Module Learning

Are you new to planning and zoning in North Carolina and need to understand the basics? Does your board need some guidance about their role and decision-making authority? If so, this library of Planning and Zoning Modules is for you.

Each module is a 20-30 minute video presentation on a particular topic of planning and zoning.

The...

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Performance Management in Local Government

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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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Appellate Training: New & Emerging Legal Issues

This course focuses on new and emerging legal issues that are likely to come before the NC Court of Appeals. Coverage varies year to year but typically includes sessions on recent Supreme Court cases, criminal law, civil law, juvenile law, family law, and evidence.

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Arrest, Search, and Investigation for Superior Court Judges

No area of law has been changing faster than the law of arrest, search, and investigation. Over the past few years, the United States Supreme Court has issued important opinions on drug dogs, traffic stops, and digital evidence. Meanwhile, the news media and the public have begun to focus more closely on the role that race plays in interactions...

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Ethics for Elected Officials

The on-demand version will be available the second week of July 2025.

Group discounts are not offered for the on-demand version.

Under North Carolina law, members of governing boards of cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties are required to receive...

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Appointment of the Personal Representative

This session will cover the process for the appointment of a personal representative in both testate and intestate estates.

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Top 10 Primer: Engaging the Community in Public Issues

The Engaging the Community in Public Issues Top 10 Primer is a free online course from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Please register in advance to access the Zoom link.

How do your constituents interact with their government? Do the same five or ten people show up at every meeting or hearing? Would you like to learn...

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Current Science Regarding Juvenile Problematic Sexual Behavior

This virtual training for District Court Judges will focus on the Current Science Regarding Juvenile Problematic Sexual Behavior (PSB). This presentation will provide a brief overview of the continuum of sexual behavior in children and adolescents, as well as the risk factors for developing PSB. Participants will gain an understanding of the...