Adjudication/Courts

    Join NCJA’s Webinar – Reframing Public Defense

    May 13, 2014

    Please join the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA) webinar, Reframing Public Defense. The webinar will take place on Thursday, May 15 from 3:00 p.m.– 4:30 p.m. EST and is part of a series of webinars which seek to help the court and public defense community enhance their competitiveness for local, state and federal funding.

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    NCJA Webinar The Evidence Behind Pretrial: Enhancing the Use of Data-Driven Decision-Making

    The Evidence Behind Pretrial: Enhancing the Use of Data-Driven Decision-Making will feature a high-level discussion with leading experts on what research says about pretrial detention, risk assessment, and the impact of decision-making on public safety, fairness, and cost-effectiveness. In addition, attendees will hear from two pretrial service agencies with experience implementing and using risk assessments to make data-driven decisions related to pretrial release and supervision.

    NCJA Webinar Reframing Public Defense

    Sponsored by the National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA), the Department of Justice’s Access to Justice Initiative (ATJ) and the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA), Reframing Public Defense builds off of the 2013 Strengthening Public Defense: Understanding State and Federal Resources webinar.

    Join APA’s Final Fridays Webinar – Smart Strategies to Prioritize Resources & Public Safety

    March 27, 2014

    Please join the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) for their March Final Fridays webinar, Smart Strategies to Prioritize Resources & Public Safety: Prosecution Led Diversion & Deferred Prosecution Programs. The webinar will be held on Friday, March 28 from 3 – 4 p.m. EST. Participants will learn how diverting or deferring prosecution of criminal offenders can be a smart strategy for prioritizing prosecution resources, improving public safety, and giving qualified candidates an important second chance.

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    Check Out the Recent Pretrial Justice Working Group 2013 Progress Report

    March 19, 2014

    The Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI) in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) recently released a new publication, Implementing the Recommendations of the National Symposium on Pretrial Justice: The 2013 Progress Report, which outlines the specific recommendations given during the 2011 National Symposium and the previous year’s progress towards adoption of these recommendations.

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    APA’s Final Fridays Webinar: Smart Strategies to Prioritize Resources & Public Safety

    Please join us for March’s Final Fridays webinar, “Smart Strategies to Prioritize Resources & Public Safety: Prosecution Led Diversion & Deferred Prosecution Programs”, to be held on Friday, March 28th from 3:00-4:00 pm (EDT). Diverting or deferring prosecution of criminal offenders can be a smart strategy for prioritizing prosecution resources, improving public safety, and giving qualified candidates an important “second chance”. More and more prosecutors are developing a broader variety of such programs to fit the specialized needs of their offenders and their jurisdictions.

    Community Justice 2014: International Summit

    The summit will provide an opportunity for practitioners from both inside and outside the justice system, including judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officials, court administrators, police, clinical staff, and non-profit organizations to learn about a range of topics, including best practices in procedural justice, risk/needs assessment, alternative sanctions, and community restitution.

    National White Collar Crime Center

    For over 40 years, the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) has provided comprehensive training programs to help law enforcement professionals master the principles, concepts, and skills needed to fight cyber and economic crime.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • BJA FY24 Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Economic, High-Technology, White Collar, and Internet Crime Prevention National Training and Technical Assistance Program: NW3C, Inc.
    • Northern and Middle States Rural Law Enforcement Training and Technical Assistance Program

    University of North Dakota

    The University of North Dakota, as a member of the North Dakota University System, serves the state, the country, and the world community through teaching, research, creative activities, and service. State-assisted, the university’s work depends also on federal, private, and corporate sources. With other research universities, the university shares a distinctive responsibility for the discovery, development, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.

    Active BJA Funded Project(s):

    • Proposal of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law for the FY 2023 Category 4 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Proposal of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law for the FY 2023 Category 7 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program
    • Proposal of the Tribal Judicial Institute at the University of North Dakota School of Law for the FY 2021 Tribal Justice Systems Infrastructure TTA grant.
    • Enhancing Tribal-Federal-State-Local Intergovernmental Collaboration
    • BJA FY 2019 Tribal Justice CTAS Training and Technical Assistance Program - Category 4

    Stetson University College of Law

    Founded in 1900 as Florida's first law school, Stetson University College of Law has educated outstanding lawyers, judges and other leaders for 113 years. The mission of the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law (NCSTL) at Stetson University College of Law is to foster communication between the scientific, technological and legal communities, resulting in awareness and understanding of the policies, interests and concerns affecting those communities.

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