Happiest of Friday’s to you OJD readers! This week was full of meetings and trainings… AND INTERVIEWS! We narrowed down the candidates for the Assistant Juvenile Defender position and began the second round of interviews this week. We’re so excited to have a new attorney with us in the office, this is going to be a hard choice!
APPEALS TIP OF THE WEEK: Courtesy of David Andrews, Office of the Appellate Defender
When you appeal, do these things:
Make sure the juvenile has the right to appeal. Generally, the juvenile can appeal from a dispositional order.
Give proper and timely notice of appeal.
Prepare an appellate entries with all of the hearing dates and have the judge sign it on the day you give notice of appeal.
Ask the judge to stay the dispositional order.
If the dispositional order is not stayed and the order requires the juvenile to be placed in custody, argue that compelling reasons do not exist to keep the juvenile in custody during the appeal.
Make sure the clerk sends the recordings to the court reporter and the court file to the appellate attorney in a timely manner.
Public Defenders! Wonder what the rate is for your current cases? Click here for the IDS Rate Information & Calculators.
Upcoming Trainings:
Juvenile Defender Enhancement Training February 26, 2020 – Sponsored by the Office of the Juvenile Defender, this training will provide vital Juvenile Defense topics such as: Transfer Hearings, Raise the Age Advocacy and Addressing Trauma in Adolescents. We have guest speakers and are covering the CLE cost & reporting 6 CLE training hours.
Intensive Juvenile Defender Training, March 4-5, 2020 – Brought to you by the UNC School of Government. The training will offer approximately 12.75 hours of CLE credit, which includes one hour of ethics. The tentative agenda is posted on the course page. Final session times may vary depending on the schedules of the instructors. Click the link for more information!
JOB OPENINGS
Center for Death Penalty Litigation (CDPL)
The Center for Death Penalty Litigation (CDPL) in Durham, North Carolina has two openings for staff attorneys.
CDPL is a non-profit law firm and advocacy organization that works to provide the highest quality representation to people facing execution, and to end the death penalty in North Carolina. CDPL is committed to diversity and racial equity and is an equal opportunity employer.
For details about the positions and how to apply, please click here.
UNC School of Government
The UNC School of Government seeks a tenure-track assistant professor who will specialize in the field of criminal law. This position will be responsible for educating judicial officials on North Carolina criminal law. Click here for the announcement.
Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC)
Disability Rights North Carolina (DRNC) is seeking a Staff Attorney for their Education Team with a Juvenile Justice and Race Equity Focus. The Staff Attorney will work to ensure equity in the education and criminal justice systems; represent students in special education, and school discrimination matters, including youth in juvenile detention facilities; train attorneys, advocates and other stakeholders; and participate in policy initiatives related to the school-to-prison pipeline.
Send a resume and detailed letter of interest explaining your qualifications and interest in the position to: virginia.fogg@disabilityrightsnc.org. Include Staff Attorney – Education in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please.
Wow! That was a LOT of information. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the office and we can help! See you next week!
