This week is we’ve just got lots of upcoming training announcements and… an update on Raise the Age!
Training, Training, and More Training
On Dec. 14, juvenile defenders have the opportunity to fill their afternoon with two sessions of training, one online and one in-person. The Office of the Juvenile Defender and
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. Three CLE credit hours will be earned by participants. Please RSVP with Valerie Pearce by email or call 919-667-3369. And starting at 4 p.m. EST, the National Juvenile Justice Network will be hosting a one-hour webinar titled “Police-Youth Engagement: Working on the Front Lines”, to discuss improving relationships between youth, police, and the community. You can register for the webinar here.
The Southern Juvenile Defender Center has recently announced that it will be holding the 2018 SJDC Regional Summit on June 8-9 in Columbia, S.C. The University of South Carolina School of Law will be hosting the event. Registration and agenda details will be coming soon.
Registration is now open for the Judicial Institute on Domestic Child Sex Trafficking. Hosted by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Rights4Girls, this interactive training will include hypothetical scenarios, case scenarios, lectures, small group discussions, and practical courtroom exercises focused on the issue of child sex trafficking in the U.S. This free training will be held in Asheville on Feb. 12-14. Judges and judicial officers are encouraged to register here.
On the Way to Raise the Age
The first meeting of the Juvenile Jurisdiction Advisory Committee was held Monday, December 4, 2017. The Committee, formed under the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (“Raise the Age”), is tasked to develop a specific plan for the implementation of raising the age of juvenile jurisdiction, including costs and other policy recommendations. Co-chaired by retired Wilkes County Chief Court Counselor Bill D. Davis and District 22B District Attorney Garry Frank, the Committee heard several presentations, including the work of the North Carolina Commission on the Administration of Law and Justice that led to the most recent legislation, the rationale and data behind the policy considerations to raise the age, and further legislative, planning and policy considerations for implementation. An interim report is due to the General Assembly March 1, 2018, and the next meetings will be held January 11, 2018 and February 5, 2018. More information about the Committee may be found here.
That is all we have for you today. On the note of N.C.’s plan to raise the age, we would like to encourage all juvenile justice advocates to reach out and share your opinions, whether you’ve got a piece you want to share on our blog or an idea or shout-out on Twitter or Facebook, please reach out! And on a side note, in case you missed it, we posted a new podcast discussing Capital Area Teen Court on SoundCloud the week of Thanksgiving, so check it out. Be sure to check back with us next week for more news and updates.
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