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• Abuse and neglect
  • Duty to report child abuse, neglect, and dependency in North Carolina (Powerpoint)
• Administrative Authority
  • Allocation of Administrative Authority Between Judges (Powerpoint)
• Appeal
  • Jurisdiction after appeal in family law cases (Powerpoint)
  • Jurisdiction after appeal in family law cases (Discussion problems)
• Attorney fees
  • Attorney Fees in Civil Cases (outline)
  • Attorney Fees in Civil Cases (Powerpoint presentation)
  • Billing for Services in Cases Involving Court Appointed Counsel (Powerpoin

• Benefits
  • Judicial Employee Benefits (Judicial Employee Benefits -- AOC)

• Child Support
  • Child Support Basics (presentation, new DCJ School) (Child Support: Basics for New District Court Judges -- John Saxon)
• Child Custody
  • Child Custody Jurisdiction by Cheryl Howell, 2/23/06
  • (Custody Law and Practice by Cheryl Howell, 2/15/05)
  • (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act by Cheryl Howell, 2/15/05)

• Civil Court
  • Civil No-Contact Orders: The New GS 50C by Joan Brannon 06/23/2005
  • Conducting Jury Trials by Judge Kim Tucker, 2/14/05
  • Drafting Civil Orders by Mark Weidemaier, 2/20/06
  • Drafting Civil Orders by Mark Weidemaier, 2/18/05 (Word Document)
  • Drafting Civil Orders by Mark Weidemaier, 2/18/05 (PowerPoint)
  • General Civil Matters (presentation, new DCJ School) (General Civil Matters -- Kimberly Tucker)
• Civil Procedure and Service of Process
  • Law Review: Service of Process by Publication by Mark Weidermier 06/21/2005

• Confrontation Clause

• Effect of Crawford v. Washington (presentation) (Matt E. Osborne)
• Crawford v. Washington flowchart
• Crawford v. Washington flowchart (accompanying notes)

• Contempt
  • Contempt Law and Procedure by Chief Judge Bill Neely, 2/20/06
  • Contempt Law and Procedure by Judge Bill Neely, 2/14/05

• Criminal Courts
  • Criminal court overview (presentation, new DCJ School) Criminal Court Overview -- Bradley Letts
• Criminal law, DWI
  • DWI Implied & Consent Outline by Isaac T. Avery, III 06/22/2005
  • DWI Notebook by Isaac T. Avery, III 06/22/2005
  • DWI Update: Intoxilyzer and Blood Test Legal Issues by Isaac T. Avery, III 06/22/2005
  • Pretrial detention in impaired driving cases (Powerpoint)
• Criminal law, search and seizure
  • The Fourth Amendment (presentation, new DCJ School) (The Fourth Amendment -- Robert Farb)
  • Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure presentation (Hon. John W. Smith, II) (Powerpoint)
• Criminal law, sentencing
  • Sentencing and driver's license (Sentencing and Driver's License -- Jim Drennan)
• Criminal law update
  • Summer 2005 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2005 (handout)
  • Fall 2004

• Domestic violence
  • 50B Cases presentation
  • Civil case discussion questions and answers
  • Domestic violence firearm legislation (Powerpoint)
  • Domestic violence protective orders (powerpoint) (Domestic Violence Law by Joan Brannon, 2/14/05)
  • Memorandum regarding combining for trial 50B and criminal domestic violence cases involving the same parties
• Drivers License
  • Summary of driver's license law (Driver's License Law by Jim Drennan, 2/16/05)

• Equitable Distribution
  • Equitable Distribution -- Cheryl Howell
  • Equitable Distribution and 50B (Powerpoint)
  • Equitable Distribution case study
  • Equitable Distribution case study presentation (Powerpoint)
  • Digest of Law on Valuation of Marital and Divisible Property (Barbara R. Morgenstern, Morgenstern & Bonuomo, P.L.L.C.)
  • Equitable Distribution judgment
  • Equitable distribution presentation, new judges school (2/2005) (Equitable Distribution by Cheryl Howell, 2/17/05)
  • The Magnolias by Cheryl Howell, 2/21/06
  • Post-trial issues (Fred M. Morelock, Tharrington Smith, L.L.P.)
    

• Family law
  • Between Parents: Best Interest (Between Parents: Best Interest -- Cheryl Howell)
• Family Law, Custody
  • Custody law and practice (powerpoint) (Custody Law and Practice by Cheryl Howell, 2/15/05)
  • Supervised Visitation Plans by Nancy Berson 06/05/2005
  • Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (powerpoint) (Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act by Cheryl Howell, 2/15/05)
• Family law case and legislative updates
  • Summer 2005 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2005 (summary of cases)
  • Fall 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Fall 2003 (summary of cases)
  • Fall 2003 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2003 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2003 (Powerpoint)
• Family law, child support
  • Child Support Basics (presentation, new DCJ School) (Child Support: Basics for New District Court Judges -- John Saxon)
• Family law, parenting plans
  • Michael E. Lamb, Placing children’s interests first: Developmentally appropriate parenting plans, 10 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 98 (2002)
• Firearms
  • Domestic violence firearm legislation (Powerpoint)

• Jurisdiction
  • After appeal in family law cases (Powerpoint)
  • After appeal in family law cases (Discussion problems)
• Juvenile law case and legislative updates
  • Summer 2005 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2005 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2005 Supplement Materials
  • Fall 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2004 (summary of cases)
• Juvenile law, court orders
  • Writing good court orders in juvenile cases: key questions and suggestions
  • Writing good court orders in juvenile cases (Powerpoint)
• Juvenile law, delinquency
  • A Quick Overview of Delinquency Cases (Juvenile Law: A Quick Overview of Deliquency Cases -- Janet Mason)
• Juvenile law, discussion of juvenile court
• Administrative Issues in Juvenile Cases (Powerpoint)
• Juvenile court (powerpoint) (Juvenile Court by Janet Mason, 2/15/05)
• Juvenile law, duty to report
  • Duty to report child abuse, neglect, and dependency in North Carolina (Powerpoint)
• Juvenile law, Special Education
  • The Advocate’s Challenge: Special Education Advocacy for Juveniles with Disabilities (Christine O’Connor Trottier, Chris Heinberg)
• Juvenile Law, Visitation plans and Family Law, Custody
  • Supervised Visitation Plans by Nancy Berson 06/05/2005
• Jury trials
• Conducting jury trials (powerpoint) (Conducting Jury Trials by Judge Kim Tucker, 2/14/05)

• Limited Driving Privilege
  • Limited Driving Privileges for underage defendants (presentation) (Matt E. Osborne)

• Magistrates
  • Supervising Magistrates (Powerpoint)

• Parenting Plans
  • Michael E. Lamb, Placing children’s interests first: Developmentally appropriate parenting plans, 10 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 98 (2002)
• Poverty
  • Breaking Barriers: Concrete Tools for Working with People in Poverty by Donna Beegle 06/21/2005
  • Overcoming Poverty Barriers to Equal Justice by Donna Beegle 06/2 1/2005
  • Overcoming the Silence of Generational Poverty by Donna Beegle 06/21/2005
• Pro Se Litigants
  • Breaking Barriers: Concrete Tools for Working with People in Poverty by Donna Beegle 06/21/2005
  • Overcoming Poverty Barriers to Equal Justice by Donna Beegle 06/2 1/2005
  • Overcoming the Silence of Generational Poverty by Donna Beegle 06/21/2005
  • Pro Se Litigants by Cheryl Howell, 2/23/06
  • Pro Se Litigants by Cheryl Howell, 2/14/05
  • Pro se litigants: Proposed protocol (Idaho Judges)
  • Pro se litigants: Proposed protocol (Implementation committee, Conference of Chief Judges)
• Professionalism
  • Professionalism Support Initiative program description
  • Letter to judiciary from Judicial Response Committee
  • Judicial District bar professionalism programs memo
  • Professionalism by Mel Wright, 2/21/06
  • Professionalism by Mel Wright, 2/17/05
• Process
  • Out of County Process (Powerpoint)

• Search and Seizure
  • Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure presentation (Hon. John W. Smith, II) (Powerpoint)
• Separation Agreements
  • Separation Agreements: Legal Review for Judges (Richard D. Stephens, Kennedy Covington Lobdell & Hickman, L.L.P.)
• Service of Process
  • Law Review: Service by Publication
• Special Education
  • The Advocate’s Challenge: Special Education Advocacy for Juveniles with Disabilities (Christine O’Connor Trottier, Chris Heinberg)
• Stress
  • The Challenge of Change (Powerpoint) (Dr. Wayne Matthews, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, North Carolina State University

• Update, criminal law
  • Summer 2008 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2008 (handout)
  • Fall 2007 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2007 (handout 1)
  • Fall 2007 (handout 2)
  • Fall 2007 (handout 3)
  • Summer 2007 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2007 (handout)
  • Fall 2006 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2006 (handout)
  • Summer 2005 (case summary)
  • Fall 2004 (case summary)
  • Summer 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2004 (case summary)
  • Fall 2003 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2003 (case summary)
  • Summer 2003 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2003 (case summary)
• Update, family
  • Summer 2008 (Powerpoint 1)
  • Summer 2008 (Powerpoint 2)
  • Summer 2008 handout
  • Fall 2007 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2007 handout
  • Summer 2007 handout
  • Fall 2006 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2006 handout
  • Summer 2006 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2006 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2005
  • Fall 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Fall 2003 (summary of cases)
  • Fall 2003 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2003 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2003 (Powerpoint)
• Update, juvenile law
  • Summer 2008 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2008 handout
  • Fall 2007 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2007 handout
  • Summer 2007 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2007 handout 1
  • Summer 2007 handout 2
  • Fall 2006 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2006 handout 1
  • Fall 2006 handout 2
  • Summer 2006 (Powerpoint)
  • Summer 2005 handout
  • Summer 2004 (summary of cases)
  • Summer 2004 (Powerpoint)
  • Fall 2004 (Powerpoint)

• Waiver Procedure
  • Waiver Procedure by Janet Mason, 2/24/06