2024 Judicial Education Course Catalog

February THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8 8-505/8-507 Procedure and Best Practices 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. This course will provide an energetic and exhaustive review of the Health General 8-505 and 8-507 process for judges who have defendants before them in need of inpatient or outpatient care. Health General 8-507 is a critically important tool in the sentencing arsenal of non-drug court trial judges who handle 95 percent of defendants needing behavioral health support coming before the courts. In this course, judges will learn of the importance of their active role, not only in determining who is eligible for this treatment, but also for implementing the treatment in an appropriate way ensuring the essential need for “continuity of care” and “continuity of supervision.” Learn from experienced judges who have successfully used the process, behavioral science experts who will explain the science of addiction, and defendants who have faced the enormously difficult task of overcoming an addiction. Self-care is what we all should be doing to be healthy in our stress-filled culture. However, Resilience/Wellness is what we need to develop when we are exposed to an environment of high stress, trauma and secondary trauma. Judges and judicial staff are exposed to evidence, exhibits, and relayed experiences of trauma on a daily basis in their professional capacity. This course will discuss what impact that exposure has on the body, brain and behavior of those exposed to it, and how to create a personalized resilience/ wellness plan to mitigate that impact. Coordinator: Duane Bowers, LPC Coordinator: Hon. Marina Sabett WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Buoyancy 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21 Top 10 Misunderstood/Misapplied Family Law Cases 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Top Ten Misunderstood Family Law Topics and Cases 1. Monetary Award- The necessary findings, allocation, and award. What can be transferred or cannot be transferred? 2. Non-marital property and Direct Tracing- What does that mean? How do you do it? If there is a Principal Residence, how do you determine the marital vs non-marital character? 3. Restricted Stock Units - What are they and how do you divide them? 4. Taxes on Monetary awards- How to take taxes into account? Are the tax implications really too speculative? 5. Dissipation - What is it really? How can you calculate it and what findings needs to be made? 6. Alimony - Is indefinite alimony dead? When can I award it? How to compute actual income in complex cases. 7. New Child Support Guidelines: How does that effect the analysis for below and above guidelines cases what are the considerations? 8. Counsel Fee(s)- What is a lack of substantial justification, and when you find it are you required to consider financial circumstances of the parties? 9. In light of recent case law, what is contempt in family law case, and can you find it? 10. Third parties and custody - Does it exist? What are the considerations and what does it require? Coordinators: Kristina Badalian, Esq.; Hon. Bibi Berry

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 Delinquency Nuts and Bolts 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Beginning a rotation hearing juvenile matters? Want to refresh your knowledge and understanding of the laws regarding juvenile delinquency? In this course you will learn about juvenile delinquency matters from detention/shelter care through permanency planning - and everything in between. You will also discover how juvenile justice reform impacts your cases. Finally, hear how other jurisdictions address

juvenile justice delinquency issues. Coordinator: Mag. James Speis

February 16

Lunchtime Webinars

Jury Selection with Hon. Paul Ishak and Hon. Erik Atas

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