Happy Friday to all!  This week there is more training to announce and two new podcast segments now available on SoundCloud. Training On Oct. 18, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the North Carolina Advocates for Justice Juvenile Defense Section in collaboration with the Office of the Juvenile Defender will be hosting a CLE in Asheville, N.C. at the Lexington Brewery.  This CLE will have presentations from IDS Regional Defender Valerie Pearce, discussing the ethical obligations to repre

In our latest N.C. Juvenile Defender podcast, we talk to Dr. Anne Corbin about her new book, Dilemma of Duties: The Conflicted Role of Juvenile Defenders, which outlines patterns of role conflict experienced by juvenile defenders specifically in North Carolina.  Corbin is a law-trained social scientist with an extensive background in research focused on the professional development of government agents and criminal justice professionals.  In her book, through interviews with

This week we’ve got plenty of important news to share, with updates on Raise the Age, a new podcast, and job and training opportunities. JJAC Comes Back for Thirds On February 20, the Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee (JJAC) met at the N.C. Division of Adult Corrections and Juvenile Justice for its third meeting since its creation. Co-chair Bill D. Davis called the meeting to order, greeting the members of the Committee and others in attendance, before approving the mi

This week we’ve got plenty of training opportunities to announce and discussions and statistics to share. Upcoming Trainings The Office of the Juvenile Defender and North Carolina Advocates for Justice will be hosting a free juvenile defense CLE in Courtroom 1 of the Wayne County Courthouse on 224 E. Walnut St. in Goldsboro, N.C. on Thursday, Dec. 14.  The training, titled “Juvenile Defense – Effective Representation Now and For the Future”, will be held from 1-4 p.m. and a n

Turkey Day is approaching and everyone is probably already in vacation mode for this week, so we will spare everyone from the usual “Week in Review” post this week just to make a brief announcement. Our newest podcast is now up on SoundCloud.  In this segment, Fall Intern Cody Davis offers valuable insight into the Capital Area Teen Court Program sharing his experience as a volunteer of the program and his own research.  Cody was an excellent sport in the Q&A segment (and I a