2025 Judicial Education Course Catalog

THURSDAY, MARCH 27 FIELD TRIP: SPRING GROVE HOSPITAL The Law of Competency and Criminal Responsibility - A View from Within 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Is the defendant competent? If not, are they restorable? Was the Defendant criminally responsible at the time the offense occurred? This course will explore, primarily through the eyes of subject matter experts, how a judge can address these and other issues (and mentally ill defendants, generally) with greater confidence and understanding. Take a tour of a state hospital. Observe/review a mock competency interview with a patient and their doctor. Understand what a doctor does to determine criminal responsibility or to restore competency. Understand what goes into a hospital discharge plan. Gain greater insight on what to do inside a courtroom by understanding what goes on outside the courtroom at the state hospital. Join us and get an insightful view from within. Coordinator: Hon. Fred Hecker

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20 Business Valuation: What to do with the Information for Purposes of Marital Property, Child Support, and Alimony 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. When presented with a self-employed individual who owns their own business, what do we do besides hope they settle? What are S Corps? What are Restricted Stock Options? What are the red flags? How do we determine the value of the business? How do we determine what is marital property? How do we determine income to calculate child support and alimony? How many of us went to law school because there was no math on the LSAT exam? Hear from business evaluators and forensic accountants as they explain what they do and how they do it in straightforward terms that even we, as judges, can understand. They will walk us through what they do and how we can use this information to render our decisions. Coordinator: Hon. Wendy Epstein MARCH 21 Special Immigrant Juvenile Classification (SIJC) D I &

APRI L

TUESDAY, APRIL 1 Foundations of a Criminal Judge 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

with Margot Dankner; Hon. Cathy Serrette

What are the basics for trying criminal cases in the District and circuit courts? This course is designed for judges with up to 5 years of experience whose careers did not involve much criminal law before taking the bench. The course will focus on the most common issues unique to criminal cases, such as criminal discovery, suppression hearings, joinder and severance, evidentiary issues,

sentencing, and postconviction. Coordinator: Hon. Robert Taylor

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