Courses

Felony Defender Training

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

Topics will include discovery and investigation, suppression and other superior court motions, lab reports, preserving the record, sentencing, and trial skills—including conducting voir dire—necessary to handle felony cases from start...

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Court Appearance Matters: Promoting Justice and Efficiency by Addressing the Problem of Missed Court Dates

This webinar will take place online via Zoom on October 28, 2022, from 12:30pm-2:00 pm and is free.

Non-appearances cause systemwide inefficiencies, deny justice to victims, and have significant consequences for defendants. In this webinar, you will learn about tools you can use today to help people get to court and respond better...

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LELA 201: Bridging Divides: Techniques for Productive Governing

This course has been canceled.

Elected officials today must navigate a host of diverse political perspectives when confronting challenges in their communities. To foster productive conversations and create policy solutions to local issues, they must learn to find commonalities amongst differences of opinion with their neighbors, build a...

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Juvenile Capacity to Proceed

This one-day, in-person class will provide detailed instruction on the new standard and procedures for juvenile determinations of capacity to proceed. Session Law 2023-114 established a new legal standard that governs whether a juvenile has capacity to proceed in a delinquency matter and created new procedures regarding capacity determination...

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National Certified Government Chief Information Officer (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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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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Lead Across Boundaries

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 person, organization, or sector has all the ability,...

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Performance Management in Animal Services

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

This course has been approved for Continuing Educational Units by the National Animal Care & Control Association (NACA). National certificate holders can submit for credit consistent with the NACA...

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Child Support Enforcement

This program provides training for attorneys who represent alleged contemnors in child support enforcement proceedings. Sessions will focus on civil contempt, advocacy in-and-out of the courtroom, evidence, and other issues relevant to respondent representation.

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2024 New Clerks Institute On Demand

This is a one-day On Demand crash course on subjects vital to the work of clerks to municipal and county governing boards.
Topics covered include the open meetings law, the public records law, meeting agendas and minutes, public notices, oaths of office, and board procedure fundamentals.

Agenda is located on the "Materials"...

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Post-Conviction Proceedings for Superior Court Judges

This course is designed to help judges effectively rule on issues that arise after conviction in a criminal case. It is a small-group, skills-based training in which judges will actively participate. Coverage includes: Procedural issues related to motions for appropriate relief; substantive claims such as ineffective assistance of counsel and...

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Higher-Level Felony Defense, Part II

This is part two of our program for attorneys interested in handling higher level felony cases at the trial level. The focus of the training will be on two important aspects of this work: defense trial strategies in serious felony cases and sentencing advocacy. Specific topics will include defending forcible felonies, eyewitness identification...

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Legitimation under North Carolina Law

This session will provide an introduction to legitimation – what is it, how is a child is legitimated under North Carolina Law, and why does it matter. The primary focus of the session is to review the provisions of the law and the role of the clerk in these special proceedings. Topics to be addressed include who can file, when and where is the...

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Performance Measurement in Local Government

This one-day workshop helps public officials design measures in local government for accountability and results. The workshop introduces the types of performance measures commonly found in local government, how to develop good measures from goals and objectives, and how they can be used to support other management processes.

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Performance Management in Fire Service

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 1pm - 5pm and will include around 4 hours...

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Strategic Planning: Linking Strategies to Results

This class will be held online via Zoom from 9am-1pm.

Effective local government leaders not only deal with the challenges at hand each day, but they also anticipate future challenges – a growing population that needs another school; an aging population that needs a senior center; another farm being subdivided that needs water and sewer...

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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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Local Government Managers Innovation Lab: How to Foster Creativity

This year’s annual Managers Innovation Lab delves into new and different approaches to foster creativity. It will show you how, as a supervisor, you can inspire your team members to approach their work differently, consider fresh approaches, and break with routines.

Come and take a...

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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 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...

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Evaluating Manager and Board Performance

This class takes place at the Central Pines Regional Council in Durham from 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Boards and managers work interdependently in leading and governing their communities. To work together successfully, both parties must have clear and shared expectations about their respective roles and how they will be held accountable....