Courses

American Rescue Plan Act Fiscal Recovery Funds: Preparing for April 30 and Beyond

NOTICE: THE APRIL 19TH OFFERING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

American Rescue Plan Act Fiscal Recovery Funds: Preparing for April 30 and Beyond

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Top 10 Primer: What Local Elected Officials Need to Know about Public Health and Social Services

This is a free online course from 10–11:15 AM on October 19, 2022.

Being an effective local elected official requires a basic understanding of what your local government agencies do. The public health and social services agencies are two public agencies that are touch points for many of the people in your communities. Their services...

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Historic Resilience Project: Historic Resilience Planning Workshop

North Carolina’s historic properties are facing historic floods. Communities across the state must coordinate across departments and perspectives to bring resilience to our historic districts. For the last year or so, we’ve had the privilege to work alongside colleagues from the NCSU College of Design, UNC, and more on the Historic Resilience...

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Foreclosure Hearings for Clerks of Superior Court

This course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. The course is intended for both clerks and assistant clerks of superior court and will cover issues that arise with foreclosure hearings.

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Emotional Intelligence: Leadership's Super Power

This course will be held online via Zoom from 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

This course is open to both professional and elected officials.

Did you know that emotional intelligence better predicts workplace effectiveness than IQ? And it's up to five times as important when you compare people within the same career. When you think about what...

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Practical Analytic Techniques

This course will be in-person at the School of Government on October 29, 2024. Class begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 4:00 p.m. Dale Roenigk will be the instructor.

Participants in this course will learn techniques for planning, monitoring, and evaluating programs and activities. The course focuses on a variety of easy-to-apply...

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NC Magistrates' Spring Conference

This annual conference provides continuing education for magistrates on a diverse range of topics related to performance of the responsibilities of the office of magistrate. Registration information will be sent to all magistrates from the Office of Governmental Affairs, AOC

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Sexual Offense Law Training

This course will be offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. The August 2021 offering of this program has been postponed. Information about the next program offering will be posted soon.

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Public Law for the Public's Lawyers On-Demand Videos

I will lead the planning for a fall 2020 offering of Public Law for the Public’s Lawyers (PLPL), in place of Professor Aimee Wall, who has taken on a greater administrative role at the School of Government. We appreciate our legislative and state agency partners who help plan and make this course possible.

This course is sponsored by the...

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What Life is Like in Delinquency Out-of-Home Settings

These one-day courses are offered by the North Carolina Judicial College. Each course will provide District Court Judges the opportunity to visit out-of-home settings used in delinquency matters. Due to the nature of the program, each tour date will be limited to five judges. Please apply to the tour location closest to your district, if...

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CJ Standards Update: Information on Processing Times and How to Be Successful with Officer Certifications

The webinar is presented by the UNC School of Government and North Carolina Judicial College, in partnership with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Division. Join UNC faculty member Jeff Welty and Jeff Smythe, Director of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Division for an...

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Best Practices for Property Tax Foreclosures

Join SOG faculty member Chris McLaughlin and a panel of expert tax foreclosure attorneys to learn about best practices for tax offices who use the foreclosure remedy.

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Appellate Advocacy Training

Using their own cases, participants will learn to develop a cohesive theory of defense on appeal and use that theory in writing a persuasive statement of facts and legal argument.

This program is open to assistant appellate defenders and attorneys on the appellate appointment list maintained by the Office of the Appellate Defender....

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TEXAS National CGCIO

Applications for 2024-25 program are now closed.

The CIO Certification Program is a 10-month course that lays the foundation for assessing and addressing some of the most critical issues facing IT leadership in K-12, local and state government. The purpose of this program is to equip leaders with the requisite tools to manage and improve...

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Forensic Evidence for Superior Court and District Court Judges

This course is offered through the North Carolina Judicial College. The course is intended for both Superior Court and District Court Judges and will cover issues that arise with forensic evidence.

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Legal Basics for Human Services Directors and Administrators

This course is designed to provide leaders in local public health, social services, and consolidated human services agencies with an introduction to key areas of North Carolina law affecting their agencies’ services at the local level.

*There will be an optional day of training provided on March 6, 2024 for child welfare topics.

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LELA 201: Top 10 Primer: Seeking Diversity: How Do We Do It Today?

This is a free online course from 10:00 - 11:15 AM. Please register ahead of time to access the Zoom link.

The comfortable patterns of our daily lives can lull us into believing we have a good handle on what others think about current community challenges. In this...

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LELA 201 Top 10 Primer: Municipal Zoning Authority: How Jim Crow Era Laws & Policies Shaped NC’s Cities and Towns

This is a free online course from 10:00 - 11:15 AM. Please register ahead of time to access the Zoom link.

Barely a generation after the Founding Fathers developed our Constitution, America faced a schism that shaped the development of North Carolina’s cities and towns for generations - through post-Civil War Reconstruction, two World...

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Legitimation under North Carolina Law

This session will provide an introduction to legitimation – what is it, how is a child is legitimated under North Carolina Law, and why does it matter. The primary focus of the session is to review the provisions of the law and the role of the clerk in these special proceedings. Topics to be addressed include who can file, when and where is the...

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Legislative Changes to Guardianship: Orders for Costs, Including Attorneys’ Fees, Under the Amended G.S. 35A-1116

The date of this webinar has changed to Thursday, April 4 from 3-4:30pm.

This 1.25-hour long webinar is for Elected, Assistant, and Deputy Clerks of Superior Court. We will cover a key legislative changes enacted by Session Law 2023-124 that are applicable to orders entered by the clerk for costs, including...