Since 2001, Margaret Gressens has been a pillar in the IDS community, leading and driving crucial research as the Research Director. One...

Happy Friday Readers! We hope your week was productive with plenty of moments to catch your breath too. Couple of announcements for you...

Happy Friday Readers! 2nd week in July done and over, but was plenty busy for OJD. Webinars, meetings, court, you name it! So here’s your...

Happy Friday Readers & Welcome to a brand new month. We know it may not feel like it, but it goes without saying how we appreciate our...

Happy Friday once again!  This week there are the normal reminders along with a new tip and one other announcement…. We are proud to...

Happy Friday to all!  This week there is more training to announce and two new podcast segments now available on SoundCloud. Training On...

In our latest N.C. Juvenile Defender podcast, we talk to Dr. Anne Corbin about her new book, Dilemma of Duties: The Conflicted Role of...

Today in the OJD Spotlight we have the new juvenile defense contractor of Davie County, Cindy Ellis. Cindy knew she wanted to be a lawyer...

This week, we’ve got some not-so-fresh news, but there is a profile piece we’d like to acknowledge, and we would like to remind everyone...

Cody Davis will be joining the office this fall as our new intern.  Cody is a third-year law student at Campbell University School of...

The North Carolina State Bar Journal has published an article from the Office of the Juvenile Defender in its Summer 2017 issue in honor...

Jonathon Woodruff is a 23-year-old native of Winston-Salem, N.C.  He moved to Durham, N.C. to attend North Carolina Central University...

Today we are doing a different kind guest blog, turning attention to Tonza Ruffin Buffaloe’s blog, southernmomjd. In one of her latest...

Today, we would like to turn our OJD Spotlight on Burcu Hensley, a four-year career attorney and one of the newest contractors in the...

Congratulations to Ricky Watson, Co-Director of the Youth Justice Project of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, for being named a...

I recently attended the Juvenile Training Immersion Program (JTIP) co-sponsored by the National Juvenile Defender Center and Georgetown...

The Annual Juvenile Defender Conference, Delinquency, Race and the Role of Defense Counsel, will be held Friday, August 14.  Registration...

Kim Howes just recently joined the Office of the Juvenile Defender as Assistant Juvenile Defender. Prior to joining The Office of the...

We are excited to announce two new juvenile defender contractors! In High Point, Starr Ward is now representing juveniles in delinquency...

Currently in North Carolina, defenders of justice, youth advocates, lobbyists, parents, and communities are working diligently to reform...