Sovereign Citizens as Challenging Litigants
These webinar series are for judges only and are presented at no cost. The tuition for each webinar will be fully funded by an NJC scholarship.
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Days & Times
8 a.m. Hawaii / 10 a.m. Alaska / 11 a.m. Pacific / Noon Mountain / 1 p.m. Central / 2 p.m. Eastern
Duration: 90 minutes
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
These webinar series are for judges only and are presented at no cost. The tuition for each webinar will be fully funded by an NJC scholarship.
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For judges and court staff, their special sovereign code language is often indecipherable. Many sovereigns believe that if they can find just the right combination of words, punctuation, paper, ink color and timing, they can have anything they want (e.g., freedom from taxes, unlimited wealth, life without licenses, fees or laws, etc.). The weapon of choice for sovereign citizens is paper. A simple traffic violation or pet-licensing case can end up provoking dozens of court filings containing hundreds of pages of pseudo-legal nonsense. Tax cases can be even worse. Sovereign filings in such legal battles can quickly exceed a thousand pages.
While a normal criminal case docket might have 60 or 70 entries, many involving sovereigns have as many as 1,200. What can judges do to control these individuals? In this web conference, judges will learn the best methods for responding to these individuals and other difficult litigants.
These webinar series are for judges only and are presented at no cost. The tuition for each webinar will be fully funded by an NJC scholarship. $0
Scholarship assistance makes NJC courses more affordable for judges.
During this course, you will learn to:
- Identify the types of litigants you consider to be the most difficult;
- Describe what makes these litigants difficult;
- List effective techniques for addressing and diffusing difficult litigants; and,
- Develop a personal action plan by practicing tools and techniques that work best for you.
Faculty:
Judge Louis H. Schiff
For judges and court staff, their special sovereign code language is often indecipherable. Many sovereigns believe that if they can find just the right combination of words, punctuation, paper, ink color and timing, they can have anything they want (e.g., freedom from taxes, unlimited wealth, life without licenses, fees or laws, etc.). The weapon of choice for sovereign citizens is paper. A simple traffic violation or pet-licensing case can end up provoking dozens of court filings containing hundreds of pages of pseudo-legal nonsense. Tax cases can be even worse. Sovereign filings in such legal battles can quickly exceed a thousand pages.
While a normal criminal case docket might have 60 or 70 entries, many involving sovereigns have as many as 1,200. What can judges do to control these individuals? In this web conference, judges will learn the best methods for responding to these individuals and other difficult litigants.