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The Fourth Amendment: Comprehensive Search and Seizure Training for Trial Judges (JS 645)

November 10-13, 2008 / Oxford, MS
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Also offered May 19-20 in Reno, NV

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This project is supported by a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded to the National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law (NCJRL). The grant covers tuition, materials, conference meals and up to $500 toward air travel and lodging. Due to the grant terms, the course is open to general jurisdiction judges only.

To assist state court judges with the application of the Fourth Amendment, the NJC is collaborating with the NCJRL to provide a comprehensive search and seizure course focusing on the nuts and bolts principles that trial judges must apply. Perhaps no other amendment has such broad applicability to everyday life as does the Fourth Amendment. Advancing technology and the nuances of the application of the Fourth Amendment have created an overwhelming amount of new Fourth Amendment issues that judges need to address daily in courtrooms across the nation. After attending this course, participants will be able to identify what constitutes a search and what constitutes a seizure; determine when a seizure occurs within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment; summarize voluntariness issues involved in consents to search; analyze the admissibility of evidence argued to be in “plain view”; describe who may give consent to search; and integrate their state supreme courts with U.S. Supreme Court rulings on standing.

Qualifies for 2 credits toward the Judicial Studies degree and as an elective in the Certificate in Judicial Development, General Jurisdiction Trial Skills program.

NJC Judicial Studies Degree Program
Receiving a master’s degree in judicial studies at the NJC recognizes current accomplishments in judicial studies, encourages further achievements and enhances one's career. A Ph.D. is available to judges who achieve the Master of Judicial Studies degree.