And… we’re back to another Friday!  There is little news for this week with the exception of one new training opportunity and one new resource, but mostly reminders. New Resource In partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), the National Juvenile Defender Center released “Addressing Bias in Delinquency and Child Welfare Systems“, a bench card emphasizing that “eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile and family courts is c

Hello, N.C. and beyond!  This week we primarily have reminders for you for previously mentioned news with an update on Defender Trial School and school-Justice partnership news included. From Around the Community On Wednesday, Apr. 25, a day-long conversation about the intersection of school safety, juvenile justice, law enforcement, and the criminal justice system took place in Cary.  This workshop was sponsored by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts  (NCA

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

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

This week we will primarily be offering reminders for previously mentioned events, training, and job opportunities with a few new updates sprinkled in. Events Around the Community Campbell Law School (225 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC 27603) will be hosting a Raise the Age luncheon in Room 105.  This event will feature remarks from Rep. Marcia Morey and a panel discussion focused on the new legislation to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction .  Panelists will include Juveni

This week is we’ve just got lots of upcoming training announcements and… an update on Raise the Age! Training, Training, and More Training 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.  The training, titled “Juvenile Defense – Effective Representation Now and For the Future”, will be held from 1-4 p.m. and a networking lunch will be provided from 12-1.  Thr

The North Carolina Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities (NC-CRED), the Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy, and the Wake Forest School of Law Criminal Justice Program, present “The New Law and Order: Working Towards Equitable and Community-Centered Policing in North Carolina” on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312. The event is free and open to the public.  Approval for up to four hours of Continuing Legal Educatio

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

Forensic and clinical psychologist Dr. Antoinette Kavanaugh has recently published an interesting new review on her website. In the post, Dr. Kavanaugh analyzes and breaks down the psychological study from Caitlin Cavanagh and Elizabeth Cauffman titled “What They Don’t Know Can Hurt Them:  Mother’s Legal Knowledge and Youth Re-Offending“.  In their paper, the researchers examined the correlation between the involvement of mothers in their sons’ legal processes, the knowledge