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ALJ Web Course on Traffic Adjudication Aug. 7-Sept. 22
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07/10/2006

Back by popular demand, Traffic Adjudication for Administrative Law Judges is being presented this summer by The National Judicial College in its first ever debut as a Web-based course.

"We are really excited to do this," said Jennifer Rains, NJC program attorney. "This has always been one of our most popular courses and now administrative law judges will be able to take it online."

The Traffic Adjudication for Administrative Law Judges: A Web-Based Course, runs Aug. 7 through Sept. 22, and is designed to meet the needs of all ALJs handling traffic adjudication, including the non-lawyer hearing officer, the in-house hearing examiner for state departments of public safety, and the ALJ from a centrally organized panel. The course addresses two problem areas: 1) ALJ understanding of the regulations, statutes, and cases that control the substance and process of driver licensing adjudications, and 2) ALJ application of due process and regulatory authorities.
"This is really a wonderful opportunity for ALJs who hear the same types of traffic cases to exchange ideas and learn from each other," expressed Rains. "It was a challenging opportunity to pilot this course in 2005. We learned a lot during that course, especially from the very thoughtful feedback from the participants. We look forward to having an even better course this year."

Because states have given these executive officers the power to interpret laws and regulations dealing with driver licensing, it is important that those officers have a solid education, especially on complex issues relating to impaired driving. This course offers specialized training for administrative law adjudicators who handle cases in traffic adjudication and licensure arena. After this course, participants will be able to rule effectively on evidence admissibility issues and issues commonly encountered in administrative driver's license revocation proceedings; apply criteria for determining the validity and admissibility of standardized field sobriety tests; summarize the basic principles and applications of pharmacology as they relate to drug-impaired drivers; and compare administrative license suspension statutes from different states.