ICJE Reference Documents & Training Handouts:
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Last updated July 17, 2006.
1. Judicial Behavior, Procedure and Communication Skills:
A. Communicating Judiciously in Court
B. Getting the Trial Started: Batson, Voir Dire, and Jury Management
C. "Life Changes" - How Your Personal Life Will Change and Other Canon 2 Concerns
D. The Emerging Role of the Therapuetic Adjudicator
2. Ethics:
A. Employment Responsibilities of Magistrate and State Court Judges
B. Judicial Ethics and Professionalism
C. Just Because You are Running for Office Doesn't Mean Your Office Can Stop Running
3. Evidence:
A. Evidence
B. "Evidence for Dummies"
C. Motion to Suppress
4. Contempt of Court:
A. Correct Procedure in Direct Summary Criminal Contempt and Indirect Contempt of Court
B. Contempt of Court
5. Traffic Stops:
A. Georgia Department of Driver Services 2006 Legislative Update
B. "The Reasonableness of Detention During a Traffic Stop"
6. Magistrate Court:
A. Landlord-Tenant Proceedings
B. The Magistrate Court and It's Relationship with other County Offices
C. Overview of Magistrate Court Remedies for Landlord and Tenants
D. Uniform Rules of Magistrate Court
7. Miscellaneous:
A. Attorney's Fees
B. Certified Intervention Programs for Family Violence Batterers
C. Panel Q & A: Civil Powers and Proceedings
D. Creditor's Remedies: Especially Garnishments
E. Current Issues in Medical Malpractice
F. Marriage Ceremony
G. Post-Judgment Interrogatories
H. Punitive Damages in the Class Action Context
I. UIFSA
J. UCCJEA Key Issues
K. Weighing The Choices Among: Arbitration, Mediation, Neutral Evaluation
L. Fradulent Financial Reporting: Closely Held Business Valuations & Reading a Financial Statement
8. Sentencing:
A. Conducting Local Ordinance Proceedings and Alternative Sentencing Discussion
B. Sentencing: Philosophy, Norms, and Alternative Practices
(State Court Judges of Georgia New Judge Orientation Course)
9. Juvenile Court:
A. Search and Seizuere as it Relates to Juveniles