Indigent Defense Education

The self-paced presentations listed below include recordings of live webinars and training sessions. They may be purchased for CLE credit or viewed at no cost if CLE credit is not required. Although most presentations are for indigent defenders, they may be helpful to others who work in the court system.

Presentations purchased for CLE credit are accessible for 30 days following purchase. If you do not watch the presentation within this time frame, you must notify the Associate Director of Programs and Services at the School of Government (contact information below).

The School will report your credit to the North Carolina State Bar in the month following the purchase and pay the required fees on your behalf. As of January 2020 North Carolina attorneys may take all of their CLE hours online.

The presentations below are not eligible for Continuing Judicial Education (CJE) credit.

For more information, please contact Monica Yelverton, Associate Director of Programs and Services at (919) 966-4227 or myelverton@sog.unc.edu.

NEW CONTENT 

• Updates from the Judicial College; March 27, 2020 (1.00 hour general credit )  

• Legal Issues in Incompetency and Adult Guardianship Proceedings in light of COVID-19 (1.00 hour general credit)  

ETHICS

• Reasoning with Unreasonable Clients (1.00 hour)

• Roles and Responsibility of the Attorney GAL (1.00 hour)

• Clients with Disabilities: Ethical Consideration (1.00 hour)

TECHNOLOGY

• Cybersecurity for Lawyers: Protecting Client Information and Securing Your Operations (1.00 hour) 

MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Lawyers and Depression (1.00 hour)

• Reinventing How You Practice:  Less Stress, More Vibrancy, and an Understanding of Compassion Fatigue in the Legal Profession (1.00 hour)

• Substance Abuse Disorders and Recovery (1.00 hour)

CRIMINAL LAW

• 2019 Winter Criminal Law Webinar: Case and Legislative Update (1.50 hours)  

• 2019 Summer Criminal Law Webinar: Case and Legislative Update (1.50 hours)   

• 2018 Winter Criminal Law Webinar: Case and Legislative Update (1.50 hours) 

• Basics of Driving While Impaired: Elements, Sentencing, and Motions Practice (0.50 hour)

• Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction (1.00 hour)

• Crawford and Confrontation Clause Illuminated (1.00 hour)

• Custody, Waiver of Miranda Rights, and Coerced Confessions (0.75 hour)

• Developing an Investigation and Discovery Plan (1.00 hour)

• Digital Forensics for Attorneys (1.00 hour)

• Electronic Evidence (0.75 hour)

• Fundamentals of State Crime Laboratory Forensic Science (5.75 hours)

• Jail Credit and Sentencing in District Court (1.00 hour)

• Justice Reinvestment Act of 2011 (1.75 hours)

• Justice Reinvestment Act: Frequently Asked Questions (1.00 hour)

• Justice Reinvestment Act Primer (1.00 hour)

• Presumptive and Confirmatory Forensic Tests (0.50 hour)

• Principles of Forensic DNA Evidence: A Primer for the Law Professional (1.00 hour)

• Probation Violations (1.00 hour)

• Recognizing Errors and Crafting Solutions in Fire Investigations (1.50 hours)

• Risk-Needs Assessment of North Carolina Probationers (1.25 hours)

• Sentencing in Superior Court (1.00 hour)

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

• Collateral Consequences of a Delinquency Adjudication (0.50 hour)

• Delinquency Dispositions: Module 1: The Nature of Delinquency Proceeding (0.25 hour)

• Overview of Delinquency Court in North Carolina (1.00 hour)

• Preparing Your Delinquency Defense (0.75 hour)

• Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act (SORNA) (1.00 hour)

ABUSE, NEGLECT, and DEPENDENCY

• Attorney-Client Relationship:  Building Effective Relationships with Parents (1.00 hour)

• Down but Not Out: The Duty of Zealous Advocacy in Parent Representation (ETHICS) (0.75 hour)

• Preparing Good Court Orders (2.00 hours)

• TPR in North Carolina: Grounds  (0.50 hour)

CIVIL

• Contempt of Court (0.50 hour)

• Involuntary Commitment Process (1.25 hours)

• Law of Contempt (0.75 hour)

GENERAL

• ABCs of RFPs and Contracts (0.50 hour)

• Electronic Evidence (0.75 hour)

• Mental Health Treatment (Overview of Different Treatments) (0.75 hour)

• Practical Psychiatry for Lawyers (1.25 hours)

• Understanding Addiction and Drugs of Abuse (0.75 hour)

Be sure to bookmark this page and check back periodically to find online webinars, virtual CLEs and tutorials. 
 

For all questions regarding refunds, please refer to the School of Government's Cancellation and Refund Policy.