Public 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. 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 myelverton@sog.unc.edu.

RECENT CONTENT

• Substance Use and Testing (1.5 hour general credit) 

• Why Can’t I Just Go Home? Placements, Denials, and Alternatives (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Problems with Pleadings (.75 hour general credit) 

• Basics of Driving While Impaired (2.0 hours gneral credit) 

• Driving Records and Getting Your Client Back on the Road (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Direct Examination (.50 hour general credit) 

• 2022 Winter Criminal Law Update (1.5 hour general credit) 

• Pretrial Release Strategies and Update (.75 hour general credit) 

• Litigating Stops and Frisks (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Expunction Update (.50 hours general credit) 

• Single Protective Arrangements and Single Transactions (1.25 hours general credit) 

ABUSE, NEGLECT, and DEPENDENCY

• An Overview of Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Bonding and the Importance of In-Person Visits (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Child/Family Evaluations: What Parent Attorneys Need to Know (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Evidence Issues in Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Proceedings (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Evaluating and Challenging Pleadings (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Hearing Advocacy and Preserving Issues for Appeal (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Litigating Race Issues (Parent Representation) (1.0 hour general credit)  

• Motions and Discovery (1.0 hour general credit) 

• The First Seven Days: Parent Defender (1.0 hour general credit) 

• What's Trending on the Horizon: Parental Caselaw Trends and Issues to Look For (1.0 hour general credit)  

CIVIL COMMITMENT

• LGBTQIA Issues in Civil Commitment (1.0 hour general credit) 

• Practical Psychiatry for Lawyers (1.25 hours general credit) 

• Psychiatric Illness and Civil Commitment (1.5 hour of general credit) 

CRIMINAL LAW

            Updates

• Cannabis and NC Law Update (.75 hour general credit) 

• Criminal Case Update; Aug. 20, 2020 (1.25 hours general credit) 

• Criminal Case Updates from the Judicial College; May 08, 2020 (1.00 hour general credit) 

• Criminal Case Updates from the Judicial College; April 24, 2020 (.75 hour general credit) 

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

• Current Developments in Criminal Law Webinar; Feb. 19, 2021 (1.5 hours general credit) 

• Current Developments in Criminal Law; Feb. 18, 2022 (1.5 hours general credit) 

• What's Trending on the Horizon: Criminal Caselaw Trends and Issues to Look For; Oct. 29, 2020 (1.0 hour general credit)  

• 2021 Summer Criminal Law Webinar (1.5 hour of general credit) 

• 2022 Summer Criminal Law Update (1.5 hours general credit) 

• 2020 Winter Criminal Law Update (1.5 hours general credit) 

• 2020 Summer Criminal Law Webinar: Case & Legislative Update (1.5 hours general credit)

            General

• Bringing the Magic of Story to the Courtroom (1.00 hour general credit) 

• COVID-19 Legal Issues and Strategies (1.0 hour general credit) 

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

• Developing an Investigation and Discovery Plan (1.00 hour general credit)

• Electronic Evidence (0.75 hour general credit)

• Evidence Refresher (.50 hour general credit) 

• Felony Case Preparation-What's Different in Superior Court (.75 hour general credit) 

• First Amendment Defenses in Criminal Cases (1.0 hours general credit) 

• Litigating IAC Claims (1.0 hour general credit)  

            Forensics        

• Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics (2.25 hours general credit) 

• DNA 101 (1.0 hour of general credit)  

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

• Identifying and Challenging Digital Surveillance (1.0 hour technology credit) 

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

            Racial Equity

• Litigating Race Issues (Parent Representation) (1.0 hour general credit)  

• Racial Justice Litigation Update (1.0 hour general credit) 

            Sentencing and Probation

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

• Justice Reinvestment Act Primer (1.00 hour general credit)

• Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity Hearings (.50 hour general credit) 

• Probation Violations (1.00 hour general credit)

• Relief from Financial Obligations in NC Criminal Cases (.75 hour general credit) 

• Restorative Justice (1.0 hour ethics credit) 

• Sentencing in Superior Court (1.00 hour general credit)

 GUARDIANSHIP

• Determining Competency in Difficult Cases (1.0 hour general credit) 

• The First Seven Days: Guardian ad Litem (1.0 hour general credit) 

• The GAL’s Role in Identifying and Responding to Adult Abuse (1.0 hour general credit) 

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

• Case Planning – Using Discovery to Get What You Want (1.00 hour general credit) 

• Collateral Consequences of a Delinquency Adjudication (0.50 hour general credit)

• Confession Suppression: What to do with Juvenile Statements (1.00 hour general credit)  

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

• Preparing Your Delinquency Defense (0.75 hour general credit)

• Representing Older Juveniles in Juvenile & Superior Court (1.00 hour general credit) 

• 2016 Sex Offender Registration & Notification Act (SORNA) (1.00 hour general credit)

 MENTAL HEALTH/SUBSTANCE ABUSE

• Lawyers and Depression (1.00 hour)

• Substance Abuse Disorders and Recovery (1.00 hour)

TECHNOLOGY

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

• Identifying and Challenging Digital Surveillance (1.0 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.