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Registration is Now Open for the 2019 SJDC Regional Summit

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Apr 9, 2019
2 min

Registration is Now Open for the 2019 SJDC Regional Summit

The Southern Juvenile Defender Center (SJDC) proudly announces the ninth annual Regional Summit, taking place in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 7-8, 2019. You’re invited to come together with your colleagues from across the Southern states to participate in this one-of-a-kind program. If interested in attending, please register here for the Summit before May 13. For out-of-state attorneys, partial scholarship assistance is available to cover lodging expenses on first-come, fi

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Save the Date: N.C. Bar Association’s Groundwater Training on Racial Equity

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Mar 18, 2019
2 min

Save the Date: N.C. Bar Association’s Groundwater Training on Racial Equity

The North Carolina Bar Association (NCBA) Juvenile Justice & Children’s Rights, Education Law, Criminal Justice Sections, and Minorities in the Profession Committee are proud to present the Racial Equity Institute’s (REI) “Groundwater Presentation: An Introduction to Racial Equity”! This free event will take place on May 9 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Bar Center (8000 Weston Parkway). More information and a link for registration will be available soon, but if you have any questi

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Oct 5, 2018
2 min

OJD Week in Review: Oct. 1 – 5

Happy First Friday! This week, as far as news, we’ve got one new job opportunity added. We also want to mention that we are still updating our Case Summaries list. Most recently, we’ve added the published delinquency opinion for In re J.B., which deals with self-incrimination. We do want to apologize for any issues with the links to the PDF versions of the opinions. The addresses still work when copied into a browser, but we are aware that the hyperlink within the documen

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Sep 7, 2018
1 min

OJD Week in Review: Sept. 3 – 7

Hello, all! It’s been a slightly shorter week and we are still short on general news, but below we have just a couple of things to share with the juvenile defense community. New Resource The Office of Indigent Defense Services (IDS) has recently added a new section called “Voices of Public Defense”. This new section will feature IDS’ public defense materials. The current content includes a series of segments from a presentation by Christine Mumma about the importance of pu

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Aug 31, 2018
1 min

OJD Week in Review: Aug. 27 – 31

Happy Labor Day Weekend! The news is actually getting slower at the moment but here is something the juvenile defender community may be interested in… Raise the Age On Friday, Aug. 24, the Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee met and the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice offered new updates on the implementation plan for Raise the Age. If you are interested in what was discussed, please check out the material here. Training On Nov. 16, the UNC School of

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Aug 24, 2018
2 min

OJD Week in Review: Aug. 20 – 24

Happy Friday! This another very light week, but we’ve got some new resources added and the same reminders for training registration deadlines that are approaching fast! New Resource There are three new resources added to the “Materials for Defenders” page. Under the “Adolescent Brain Development” section, we’ve posted Dr. Cindy Cottle’s presentation from the Advocating for Youth Charged with First Degree Murder training titled Moving Forward: Advanced Concepts in Adolescent

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Aug 17, 2018
3 min

OJD Week in Review: Aug. 13 – 17

Welcome back, everyone! There is light news this week, but there are a few tidbits of information that might be of interest to you below. Another OJD Spotlight On… Before we get to the usual news, we would like to bring attention to a young man from Garner who wrote to our office recently with a personal request regarding school safety. Lance Murphy, 16, of Garner Magnet High School, wrote Juvenile Defender Eric Zogry citing his concerns with the recent tragedies that have

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Aug 10, 2018
4 min

OJD Week in Review: Aug. 6 – 10

Welcome back, everyone! This week there are some great new stories to share from our site and around the Web. From Around the Community First, from the On the Civil Side blog, Austine Long discusses youth development centers (YDCs). In her post, Long emphasizes the use of YDCs and the need for juvenile justice advocates to familiarize themselves with the facilities and requirements of committed youth. Long also encourages attorneys to attend trainings about YDCs, including

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Aug 3, 2018
4 min

OJD Week in Review: July 30 – Aug. 3

Happy Pre-Saturday! There are no new stories to share for this week, but there are a couple of deadlines in the next couple of days worth noting. Training Registration is now open for the 2018 Misdemeanor Defender Training, which will take place at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus from Sept. 18 – 21. This training, cosponsored by the Office of Indigent Defense Services and the School of Government, will be an introductory program for attorneys who are new to handling misdemeanor

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Jun 22, 2018
5 min

OJD Week in Review: June 18 – 22

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

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Jun 8, 2018
5 min

OJD Week in Review: June 4 – 8

Happy Friday! This week there is one job posting, but please ignore the deadlines on the page and send any questions/applications to the provided email. We also have a few new training opportunities worth checking out, including one hosted by our own office. Job Opportunity The Southern Coalition for Social Justice still has an opening for an executive director. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills, a demonstrated passi

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May 11, 2018
5 min

OJD Week in Review: May 7 – 11

Hello, juvenile justice warriors. This week we’ve got a new job opportunity and a new webinar added to the list of reminders for upcoming event and application deadlines. Training Registration is still open for the 2018 Southern Juvenile Defender Center Regional Summit. Today will be the last day the hotel room block for this event will remain open. The event will take place on June 8 and 9 at the University of South Carolina School of Law. For further details and to regi

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May 4, 2018
4 min

OJD Week in Review: Apr. 30 – May 4

Happy Friday to all! This week is once again only reminders, but please note the dates for the upcoming CLEs below as few will be taking place/closing special offers before the end of next week. Training On Thursday, May 10, the N.C. Bar Association will be hosting “Raise the Age: A New Era for Juvenile Justice in North Carolina” at the N.C. Bar Center in Cary, from 8:25 a.m. to 3 p.m. This seminar promises to expand attendees’ understanding of the Juvenile Justice Reinvest

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Apr 20, 2018
5 min

OJD Week in Review: Apr. 16-20

Welcome back! We’ve got a few new events, training, and job opportunities ahead this time around. Please read through and be sure to check out the linked pages too so that you don’t miss out. From Around the Community Registration is now open for the 2018 Southern Juvenile Defender Center Regional Summit. The event will take place from June 8 – 9 at the University of South Carolina School of Law. Partial scholarship assistance will be offered to assist with lodging expens

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Apr 13, 2018
5 min

OJD Week in Review: Apr. 9 – 13

This week we’ve got a new resource we wanted to bring attention to regarding sex offender registration and a few new events to add to the previous week’s rundown. From Around the Community Registration is now open for the 81st Annual National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference. The event this year will take place at the Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center from July 22 – 25. The conference will offer presentations/training tracks on to

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Apr 6, 2018
4 min

OJD Week in Review: Apr. 2-6

We are hoping everyone had a safe and happy Easter weekend and Passover, and we would like to recognize that we are now in Child Abuse Prevention Month (check out the National Criminal Justice Reference Service page for stats and other information). We have the usual training and job opportunity reminders for you this week along with a few online events that may arouse your interest. From Around the Community Shriver Center Advocacy Exchange will be hosting a live, interact

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Mar 29, 2018
3 min

OJD Week in Review: Mar. 26 – 30

Even though this is a short week, we’ve got some new updates to share that could be useful to the juvenile defense community in the coming months. From Around the Community On Mar. 16, Campbell Law School hosted a Raise the Age luncheon featuring Rep. Marcia Morey and a diverse panel of voices from around the juvenile defense community which included Juvenile Defender Eric Zogry, General Counsel and Policy Advisor of the Office of the Lt. Governor Steven Walker, NCGA Legislat

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From a Non-Lawyer Perspective: 2017 Juvenile Defender Conference Review by Marcus Thompson

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Aug 16, 2017
4 min

From a Non-Lawyer Perspective: 2017 Juvenile Defender Conference Review by Marcus Thompson

On Friday, Aug. 11, juvenile defenders from across N.C. united at the U.N.C. School of Government for the 2017 Juvenile Defender Conference — and I had the honor of being among the 50+ attendees! Only approaching my first full year as a part of the Juvenile Defender family, I was pretty excited to be able to attend this annual conference and observe juvenile defenders from various districts interact and share ideas and experiences from their time in juvenile court. In my sh

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2017 Parent Attorney & Juvenile Defender Conference Announcement

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Jun 1, 2017
1 min

2017 Parent Attorney & Juvenile Defender Conference Announcement

Save the date! The 2017 Parent Attorney & Juvenile Defender Conference will be held in Chapel Hill starting Thursday, Aug. 10, to Friday, Aug. 11. Registration for this conference will begin in late June. The Parent Attorney Conference provides training for attorneys who represent parents in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings. The Juvenile Defender Conference provides training for attorneys who represent children in delinquency proce

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