Courses and Resources

Alphabetical Index of Courses and Conferences

The School of Government offers up to 200 classes, seminars, and professional conferences each year. The state and local government officials who attend these programs find not only expert training but also ample opportunities to network with their peers from across North Carolina. Learn more about the scholarship award sponsored by the Local Government Federal Credit Union. Before registering for a course, please read the cancellation policy.

Course Subject
2010 Local Government Legislative Review Webinar Local Government Law
AAS Case Study Review Workshop Local Government Finance
ABCs of Social Services for County Social Services Board Members Health and Human Services
ARRA Compliance and Reporting Requirements Webinar Local Government Law
Abuse, Neglect, and Dependency Webinar: Case and Legislative Update Courts and Judicial Administration
Accounting and Auditing Update Local Government Finance
Adult Guardianship Courts and Judicial Administration
Advanced Advocacy Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Advanced Criminal Evidence Courts and Judicial Administration
Advanced Family Law for District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Advanced Juvenile Delinquency Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Advanced Program for Registers of Deeds Local Government Law
Advanced Small Claims School for Magistrates Courts and Judicial Administration
Annual Update Seminar: Alumni Association of the Municipal and County Administration Course Local Government Law
Appellate Advocacy Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Appraisal of Land (IAAO Course 201) Local Government Finance
Assessment Administration (IAAO Course 400) Local Government Finance
Assistant and Deputy Clerks' Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Attachment and Garnishment for Tax Collection Webinar Local Government Finance
Basic Economic Development Course Community and Economic Development
Basic Family Law for District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Basic Principles of Local Government Purchasing Local Government Law
Basic Register of Deeds School Local Government Law
Basic Register of Deeds School for Experienced Personnel Local Government Law
Basic School for Magistrates Courts and Judicial Administration
Basic School for Magistrates: Summer Session Courts and Judicial Administration
Basic Substance Abuse for Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Basic Training Course for Soil and Water Conservation Supervisors Environment
Best Practices in Local Government Capital Planning, Budgeting, and Finance Local Government Finance
Budget for Information Technology (IT) Information Technology
Budget-Balancing Tactics in Local Government Local Government Finance
Budgeting in Local Government Local Government Finance
Building Your Governing Team Leadership and Governance
Business Partner Certification Program Information Technology
Capital Financing Strategy for Smaller Cities and Counties Local Government Finance
Capital Financing in Local Government Local Government Finance
Carolinas Association of Governmental Purchasing Summer Conference Local Government Law
Cash Management and Investment of Public Funds Local Government Finance
Certified Educational Chief Technology Officer Information Technology
Chief District Judges Leadership Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Child Development for Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Child Support Enforcement: Representing Respondents Courts and Judicial Administration
Citizen Participation in Local Government Budgeting Webinar Community Problem-Solving and Collaboration
Citizen Participation: Beyond Public Hearings Environment
Citizen Participation: Beyond Public Hearings Community Problem-Solving and Collaboration
City and County Clerks' School Local Government Law
City and County Management Seminar Leadership and Governance
City and County Management Seminar Local Government Law
Civil Commitment Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Civil Seminar for Magistrates Courts and Judicial Administration
Clerks of Superior Court Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Coastal Growth Strategies Environment
Collective Bargaining Local Government Law
Community College Law Conference Education Law
Community Development Academy Community and Economic Development
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report/Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting Local Government Finance
Conducing Hearings: Essentials for Clerks Courts and Judicial Administration
Conducting Hearings: Essentials for Clerks Courts and Judicial Administration
Contracting for Construction and Design Services Local Government Law
Criminal Law "Lunchinar" Series Courts and Judicial Administration
Criminal Law Webinars: Law Updates Courts and Judicial Administration
DWI Training for Magistrates Courts and Judicial Administration
Defender Trial School Courts and Judicial Administration
Delivering Bad News: How to Help Citizens Understand the Realities of Tough Economic Times Community and Economic Development
Delivering Bad News: How to Help Citizens Understand the Realities of Tough Economic Times Community and Economic Development
Development Finance Toolbox Community and Economic Development
District Court Fall Case and Legislative Update Webinar Courts and Judicial Administration
Drug Court Institute Courts and Judicial Administration
E-Discovery Local Government Law
Effective Supervisory Management Program Human Resource Management
Elections Directors' Conference Local Government Law
Emerging Leaders: Building Your Capacity to Lead Leadership and Governance
Emerging Technology Trends and Best Practices Information Technology
Essential Governing Responsibilities of LME Boards Health and Human Services
Essentials of County Government Leadership and Governance
Essentials of Economic Development Community and Economic Development
Essentials of Municipal Government Leadership and Governance
Exercising Discretion in the Trial Courts Courts and Judicial Administration
Family Medical Leave Act Regulations (FMLA) Employment Law
Family Medical Leave Act Regulations (FMLA) Video Employment Law
Financial Condition Analysis Local Government Finance
Financial Leadership for Water and Wastewater Utility Governing Boards Environment
Fund Accounting Principles and Practices Local Government Finance
Fundamentals of Mass Appraisal (IAAO Course 300) Local Government Finance
Fundamentals of Property Tax Collection Local Government Finance
Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal (IAAO Course 101) Local Government Finance
Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Local Government Finance
Grant Proposal Writing 101 Community and Economic Development
Guardianship Proceedings for Appointed Counsel Courts and Judicial Administration
Health Directors' Legal Conference Health and Human Services
How Government Works Civic Education
IIMC Clerks' Certification Institute Local Government Law
Income Approach to Valuation (IAAO Course 102) Local Government Finance
Intermediate Governmental Accounting Local Government Finance
Intermediate Purchasing Seminar Local Government Law
Interviewing for the CIO Job Information Technology
Introduction to Holding Small Claims Court Courts and Judicial Administration
Introduction to Local Government Finance Local Government Finance
Introduction to Planning Practice in North Carolina Land Use Planning and Development
Introduction to Program Evaluation for Budget and Management Analysts Evaluation and Measurement
Introduction to Public Employment Law Employment Law
Introduction to Zoning Land Use Planning and Development
Introductory Governmental Accounting Local Government Finance
Judicial District Executive Seminar Courts and Judicial Administration
Judicial Support Staff Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Juvenile Certification Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Juvenile Court Training on Abuse, Neglect and Dependency Juvenile Law
Juvenile Defender Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Juvenile Training on Delinquency Juvenile Law
Land Subdivision Workshop Land Use Planning and Development
Law Conference for Community College Trustees Education Law
Law Enforcement Executive Program Leadership and Governance
Leading Your County Governing Board Leadership and Governance
Leading Your Municipal Governing Board Leadership and Governance
Legal Basics for Social Services and Health Directors and Administrators Health and Human Services
Local Government Debt Financing Options under ARRTA (Webinar) Local Government Law
Local Government Purchasing School (CAGP Spring Conference) Local Government Law
Magistrates' Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Magistrates' Role in Involuntary Commitments Courts and Judicial Administration
Manager Evaluation and Board Self-Assessment Leadership and Governance
Managing Conflict: Strategies for Elected Officials Leadership and Governance
Managing the Capital Case in North Carolina Courts and Judicial Administration
Master Municipal Clerks' Academy Local Government Law
Motivating Without Money Community and Economic Development
Municipal Attorneys Winter Conference Local Government Law
Municipal and County Administration Course Local Government Law
NC Association of County Attorneys Winter Conference Local Government Law
NC Conference of Court Administrators Courts and Judicial Administration
NC Conference of District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
NC Conference of Superior Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
NC Environmental Health Law and Ethics Environment
NC Environmental Health Law and Ethics Health and Human Services
NC Finance Officers' Spring Conference Local Government Finance
NC Local Government CGCIO Program Information Technology
NC Public Finance Officers' Certification Fall Exam Local Government Finance
NC Public Finance Officers' Certification Spring Exam Local Government Finance
NC State CGCIO Information Technology
NC State CGCIO Alumni Conference Information Technology
NC State Treasurer's Accounting/Auditing/Financial Management Conference Local Government Finance
NCLGISA Spring and Fall Continuing Education Training and Symposiums Information Technology
National CGCIO Program Information Technology
New City and County Attorneys School Local Government Law
New Felony Defender Training Courts and Judicial Administration
New Juvenile Defender Training Courts and Judicial Administration
New Misdemeanor Defender Training Courts and Judicial Administration
New Parent Defender Training Courts and Judicial Administration
North Carolina Planning Conference Land Use Planning and Development
North Carolina Register of Deeds Internet Education Local Government Law
North Carolina Tax Collectors Association Annual Spring Conference Local Government Finance
Nurse Executives' Legal Conference Health and Human Services
Operating in the Digital Age: A Review of the Legal and Practical "E-Issues" Facing Local Governments Local Government Law
Orientation Program for Newly Elected Members State Government
Orientation for New Chief District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Orientation for New Clerks of Superior Court Courts and Judicial Administration
Orientation for New Senior Resident Superior Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Orientation for New Superior Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Outcome Evaluation: What's a Nonprofit to Do? Evaluation and Measurement
Parent Attorney Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Paying for Green Government: Financing and Implementing Sustainability Initiatives Environment
Performance Management 201 Evaluation and Measurement
Performance Measurement 101 Evaluation and Measurement
Performance Metrics for IT Information Technology
Post-Conviction Proceedings Courts and Judicial Administration
Practical Analytic Techniques for Local Government Evaluation and Measurement
Practical Skills Course for New Prosecutors Courts and Judicial Administration
Property Tax Collection Administration Local Government Finance
Property Tax Listing and Assessing in North Carolina Local Government Finance
Property Tax Policy (IAAO Course 402) Local Government Finance
Public Defender Investigators Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Public Defender Management and Leadership Training Courts and Judicial Administration
Public Employment Law Update Employment Law
Public Executive Leadership Academy (PELA) Leadership and Governance
Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers Conference State Government
Redistricting for Local Governments after the 2010 Census Local Government Law
Regional LeaderShop Leadership and Governance
Regional Trainings for Criminal Defenders Courts and Judicial Administration
Representing Local Government Boards: What Attorneys Need to Know Local Government Law
Residential Modeling Concepts (IAAO Course 311) Local Government Finance
Resolving Public Disputes I Community Problem-Solving and Collaboration
Resolving Public Disputes II Community Problem-Solving and Collaboration
Resolving Public Disputes III Community Problem-Solving and Collaboration
Responding to Requests for Confidential Medical Information Health and Human Services
Rules of Procedure Workshop Leadership and Governance
Saving Money by Doing Business Together Leadership and Governance
School Attorneys' Conference Education Law
School for New District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Security: Physical and Logical Preventive Measures Information Technology
Sentencing Seminar Courts and Judicial Administration
Smoking in Public Places: Implementing the New Law Health and Human Services
Social Services Attorneys' Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Special Topic Seminar for District Court Judges Courts and Judicial Administration
Spring Public Defender Attorney and Investigator Conference Courts and Judicial Administration
Stormwater Finance and Management Environment
Strategic Public Leadership: Setting Priorities, Getting Results Leadership and Governance
Superior Court Judges' Planning Retreat Courts and Judicial Administration
Sustainable Urban Water Use Environment
The Arc of Economic Recovery: Is it for Real? Community and Economic Development
The Nuts and Bolts of Tax Foreclosures in North Carolina Local Government Finance
Trends and Best Practices in Public Sector IT Information Technology
Two Days of Elections Programs Local Government Law
Understanding Local Authority to Regulate Smoking Health and Human Services
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Local Government Finance
Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Strategies Environment
Webinar On-Demand: Alternatives in Service Delivery Community and Economic Development
Webinar On-Demand: Where the Jobs are in North Carolina Community and Economic Development
Workshop for New Clerks Local Government Law
Zoning Official Certification Course Land Use Planning and Development