Happy Friday!  This week we have a special shout-out, a new tip, and new training and job opportunities to share. Tip of the Week – My Client Was Adjudicated in One County But Resides in Another If your client was adjudicated in a county other than the county of residence, usually the case will be transferred to the county of residence.  However, the case can remain in the first county if the juvenile is in residential treatment or foster care there, or if the court decides t

Happy First Friday!  This week in addition to our new tip and training reminders, we want to bring attention to a blog post about Raise the Age from the School of Government and a new addition to our sidebar here on the website (if you haven’t already noticed!). Also, for those juvenile defense attorneys who are currently not on our listserv, please contact Marcus Thompson so that you can be added and get all of the latest updates on our resources, upcoming training, and more

Welcome!  We’re coming into another Friday with fresh tips, job, training, and podcast reminders.  We also have a summary of the first Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee meeting of 2019, which took place earlier this week. Tip of the Week – No Cookie-Cutter Dispositions! Remember – disposition MUST be tailored to your specific client (§7B-2500) – don’t be afraid to argue against “cookie cutter” plans.  For example – if your client has no known drug/alcohol history, why

Happy New Year!  We’re starting the year off with a great new podcast, a couple of training and job opportunity reminders, a new free resource and a new tip for you (just because we know you’ve been missing them for the last few weeks). Talk to your client about the impacts of an adjudication.  While not as public as adult criminal convictions, juvenile adjudications may impact the following: immigration status, educational placement, housing conditions, eligibility to play s

Happy Friday!  Welcome back and hopefully everyone is safe after last week’s weather.  We have some light news once again, but still good news as usual for the juvenile defense community. From Around the Community From the UNC School of Government’s Criminal Law blog, Jamie Markham has posted a new article titled “An Update on Life with and without Parole for Young Defendants“.  In his post, Markham addresses Miller and North Carolina’s “Miller fix law” and the effects on you

What is JWise Attorney Access? As mandated in the Raise the Age legislation, as of July 1st, juvenile defenders now have access to the juvenile delinquency index known as JWise!  For those not familiar, JWise is the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) database where clerks enter court-related information about juvenile cases.  Most of the information is case status, such as adjudications, dispositions, and other hearings.  While JWise includes data from Abuse, Neglect a

Welcome back for the weekly roundup.  There are a couple of new job opportunities added and approaching deadlines we’re highlighting, but in other news… This week we’d like to give a shout-out to the N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts for the successful launch of their new website, nccourts.gov.  Replacing the original nccourts.org, this more user-focused, mobile-friendly counterpart is meant to enable easier searches for court dates and other information while providin