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Lightning Course

Judge-Led Education: Curriculum Development for Subject Matter Experts – A Lightning Course

Crafting Effective Learning Objectives – A Lightning Course

Are Per Se Standards for Enforcing Marijuana-Impaired Driving Scientifically Legitimate? A Lightning Course

An Overview of Afrocentric Facial Feature and Skin Tone Bias in Criminal Law – A Lightning Course

Evidence-Based Practices: A Judge’s Guide to Pretrial Detention for Non-Violent Offenders – A Lightning Course

Tribal Online Self-Study Across the Country

Restorative Justice

The Anti-Racist Courtroom: Theory and Practice

Environmental Law Essentials for the Judiciary

Decision Making (JS 618)

Animal Law General Jurisdiction

The Traffic Case: A Course for Nonlawyer Judges

Mindfulness for Judges

Fundamentals of Evidence: Web-Based

Designing and Presenting: A Faculty Development Workshop

Managing Cases Involving Commercial Driver’s Licenses

Impaired Driving Case Essentials

General Jurisdiction (JS 610)

Evidence in a Courtroom Setting (JS 633)

Designing and Presenting Effective CDL Courses: A Faculty Development Workshop

Civil Mediation: An Online 40-Hour Workshop

Judicial Writing (JS 615) – ONLINE

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

Handling Small Claims Cases Effectively: Web-Based

Handling Capital Cases (JS 623)

Judicial Ethics and Social Media: A Lightning Course

Handling Inquiries from the Media: A Primer for Judges

An Ethical Approach to the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986

When Science Comes to Court: Self-Study Course on Forensic Evidence

Judicial Academy Tribal

Virtual Hearing Effective Practices for Tribal Courts

Writing for Tribal Judges

Special Considerations for the Rural Court Judge: Web-Based

Administrative Law: Fair Hearing (JS 612)

Special Court Jurisdiction

Strengthening the Foundation of a Tribal Court: A Self-Study Course for Court Administrators

General Jurisdiction (JS 610)

Special Court Jurisdiction: Advanced (JS 611)

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

Essential Skills for Tribal Court Judges

Mini-Course Administrative Law

Administrative Law: Advanced (JS 649) – ONLINE

Evidence Challenges for Administrative Law Judges: Web-Based

Civil Mediation

Best Practices in Handling Cases with Self-Represented Litigants

Ethics for the Administrative Law Judge: Web-Based

Administrative Law: Advanced (JS 649)

Advanced Bench Skills: Procedural Fairness

New Military

Advanced Evidence (JS 617)

Ethics, Fairness, and Security in Your Courtroom and Community

Conversations on Racial Justice Special Courts

Judicial Writing (JS 615)

Judicial Academy – A Course for Aspiring Judges

Fourth Amendment: Comprehensive Search and Seizure (JS 645)

Lecture Appellate

Advanced Skills for Appellate Judges

Ethics, Fairness, and Security in Your Courtroom and Community – ONLINE

water International Symposium Traffic

Self-Represented Litigant Issues in CMV Cases (Part 2)

Self-Represented Litigant Issues in CMV Cases (Part I)

Enhancing Judicial Bench Skills (JS 624)

60th Web Course Webinar

Plaintiffs, Prosecutors, & Pronouns: Judges Ensuring Equal Access for The LGBTQ+ Community

Rising Seas and Litigation: What Judges Need to Know about Warming-Driven Sea-Level Rise

Financial Statements in the Courtroom – April

Impaired Driving 2023: Where Are We?

Fundamentals of “Masking” and Suspensions for CDL Holders in Traffic and Criminal Courts

Web Self-Study

The Examination of a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Violation from Roadside to Docket

Effectively Communicating with Families That Have Missing or Abducted Children Self-Study Course

A Thoughtful Approach to Racially Impartial, Research-Based Sentencing

DWI Court Enhancement: A Self-Study Web Course

Probate Matters: A Self-Study Online Course

Free

Tech-Enabled Abuse and Domestic Violence: What Judges Need to Know Part I

Compassionate Leadership: Judges in their Communities

Will state constitutions become the primary source of individual rights?

Mitchell v. Wisconsin: The Unanswered Question of Implied Consent

Search and Seizure in Drug Impaired Driving Adjudication

Advanced Evidence (JS 617)

Ethics, Fairness, and Security in Your Courtroom and Community

Advanced Evidence (JS 617)

PREREQUISITE: A law degree or completion of one of the following courses is required to attend: Fundamentals of Evidence (or its equivalent), Special Court Jurisdiction, or Special Court Jurisdiction: Advanced.

Why should I take this course?
Consistently rated as one of the top courses at NJC, Advanced Evidence is a must for judges who want to improve their evidentiary rulings. This course gives you the opportunity to analyze rules of criminal and civil evidence in a setting where you can debate the rules with other judges from around the country. The expert faculty will not only lead you through the quagmire of the Federal Rules of Evidence, but will also compare and contrast the common law rules of evidence. The course is “advanced” in the sense that you have the opportunity to examine the various rules of evidence in depth. It is helpful if you can bring your state’s evidence rules with you, so you can compare and contrast those rules with the federal rules.

Who should attend?
This course has been specially developed for general jurisdiction judges or special court judges who hear criminal and/or civil cases. If you are a legally trained administrative law judge, you certainly are welcome; however, some of your practical concerns may not be specifically addressed. Appellate judges are encouraged to enroll not only for an update on evidence, but to hear the practicalities of applying evidentiary rules from a trial court judge’s perspective.

Who are the members of the faculty?
Faculty members are judges recognized as experts in the field of evidence, as well as law professors who understand the real-life
concerns that judges face.

How is this course taught?
The faculty uses a number of adult education techniques including lecture, audio-visual aids, question and answer, debate, and class problems. Participants will also be directly involved in solving hypotheticals in your small group discussions.

What should I tell my presiding judge or funding agency so that my attendance will be approved?
Judges must have a good understanding of the rules of evidence to make appropriate decisions in their courtrooms. This course gives the participant judge the rare opportunity to contrast their state rules of evidence with those of their colleagues from around the country. Each participant will also be given in-class problems that they must present to their colleagues. Ultimately, the judge participant will come away with a greater grasp of the rules of evidence and the reasons underlying those rules.

Whom should I contact for more information?
For more information, please contact the Registrar’s Office at (800) 255-8343 or registrar@judges.org.

Class Materials
An electronic version of the binder will be shared a week before the class. Hard copies will not be provided. Participants are most welcome to print their binders.

Attire
Business casual: most participants wear jeans, comfortable pants, sneakers, or tennis shoes

Writing for Tribal Judges

Human Trafficking: Laws, Trends, and Judicial Responses in Nevada

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