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General Jurisdiction

Taking the Bench: An Interactive, Online Course for New Judges – Fall

The Traffic Case: A Course for Nonlawyer Judges

Civil Mediation

Taking the Bench: An Interactive, Online Course for New Judges – Spring

Best Practices in Handling Cases with Self-Represented Litigants

Designing and Presenting: A Faculty Development Workshop

The Evolving Jury Trial: Practical and Advanced Tools for Judicial Success

Ethics and Judging: Reaching Higher Ground (JS 601): Web-Based

Judicial Academy Tribal

Special Court Jurisdiction: Advanced (JS 611)

General Jurisdiction (JS 610) – Fall

Administrative Law: Fair Hearing (JS 612)

Special Considerations for the Rural Court Judge: Web-Based

Advanced Evidence (JS 617) – Online

Impaired Driving in Indian Country

Mini-Course Administrative Law

Evidence Challenges for Administrative Law Judges: Web-Based – Fall

Ethical Issues in the Law: A Novel Approach (JS 619)

Administrative Law: Advanced (JS 649)

New Military

Fundamentals of Evidence: Web-Based – Fall

Judicial Academy

Mindfulness for Judges

Conversations on Racial Justice Special Courts

Judicial Writing (JS 615)

Dividing the Waters Annual Conference

Lecture Appellate

2025 Appellate Judges Education Institute Summit

Ethics, Fairness, and Security in Your Courtroom and Community

water International Symposium Traffic 60th Web Course Leadership

Court Administration Academy for Presiding and All Judges

Judicial Executive Leadership by Harvard Law School Executive Education

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The Judge’s Role in Addressing Issues Involving Older Drivers

A Judicial Primer: Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) and Red Flag Cases

TribalWebinar Web Self-Study For Lawyers Free Court Clerks Lightning Course Capital punishment Tribal Online Self-Study Renaissance Across the Country

The Antiracist Courtroom

Restorative Justice

Evidence in a Courtroom Setting (JS 633)

Drugs in America Today: What Every Judge Needs to Know

Animal Law

Judicial Renaissance V - Philippines

Judicial Renaissance V – Philippines

Previous Judicial Renaissances have been held in Bordeaux, France; Seoul, South Korea; Athens, Greece; and Lisbon, Portugal.

Tuition covers course fees, a cultural activity and group dinner, and breakfast and lunches. Tuition does not include airfare, lodging or other dinners. Please click Register to join the interested list to receive updates as they become available.

The National Judicial College’s Judicial Renaissance course is an innovative and transformative experience for the judiciary. It’s an intellectual retreat that transcends the boundaries of conventional legal education, immersing judges in the deep and diverse currents from which the law itself has emerged. Here, participants will traverse the vast landscapes of history, philosophy, the arts, humanities, and sciences, uncovering the rich tapestry that informs the very essence of jurisprudence.

This is more than just a study program—it’s an intellectual odyssey that rekindles the ageless pursuit of wisdom and justice. It’s a conclave where legal minds come to learn from the past and grasp the big ideas shaping our future. With guidance from a cadre of luminaries across varied disciplines, judges will explore enduring human achievements and the foundational principles of justice.

In joining the Judicial Renaissance course, judges are not merely expanding their legal expertise; they are embarking on a quest to broaden their horizons and deepen their understanding of the human condition. It’s an invitation to be part of a community that values lifelong learning and to contribute to a dialogue that elevates the administration of justice to its noblest form. This course isn’t just an education; it’s an inspiration—a chance to engage with the big ideas revolutionizing our world and to reaffirm one’s vocation to serve the timeless cause of justice.

This course may be eligible CJE credit hours. Due to the international scope of this course, and collaboration with other international schools of judicial training, NJC cannot predict the number of CLE/CJE credits that will be approved by your state.

Registration fee includes: tuition fees, cultural activity (including a dinner), lunches. Registration does not include: airfare, lodging or dinner (except for the social activity) or other meals outside of course hours.

Registration is first come, first served. Given the significant interest, we recommend you register early. 

Deadline to register for Judicial Renaissance V is July 31, 2025, but may close earlier if all seats are filled. 

Judicial Renaissance IV

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