Handling Traffic Cases Webinar Series: Judge’s Role in Traffic Cases
Tuition
0
Days & Times
8 a.m. Hawaii / 9 a.m. Alaska / 10 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Mountain / 12 p.m. Central / 1 p.m. Eastern
This webinar will be 75 minutes in duration
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
Tuition
$0
To effectively and responsibly handle traffic cases, judges must not only manage their dockets, weigh evidence and apply legal principles, but also provide meaningful access to the courts for all parties. At the same time, judges have the ability to impact lives and change communities by the decisions they make each day. This session will delve into the role that judges play, both inside and outside the courtroom, in the handling of traffic cases.
Course $0
During this course, you will learn to:
- Recognize the important roles judges play in efficiently, ethically, and effectively handling impaired driving and other traffic cases; and
- Identify areas of judicial influence on the outcome of traffic cases.
Series Description:
To effectively and responsibly handle traffic cases, judges must not only weigh evidence and apply legal principles, but also provide meaningful access to the courts for all parties. This program will provide many of the basics for judges new to the bench to identify the issues that arise in handling traffic dockets and the tools to manage their courtroom with respect and with dignity.
Topics to be covered included: the Judge’s role in handling traffic cases, implicit bias and other access to justice issues in traffic cases, controlling the courtroom, impaired driving, toxicology essentials, commercial motor vehicles, and sentencing traffic offenders to reduce recidivism.
To effectively and responsibly handle traffic cases, judges must not only manage their dockets, weigh evidence and apply legal principles, but also provide meaningful access to the courts for all parties. At the same time, judges have the ability to impact lives and change communities by the decisions they make each day. This session will delve into the role that judges play, both inside and outside the courtroom, in the handling of traffic cases.