| NASJENews Quarterly • Spring 2006 |
Volume 21 • Number 2 |
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| News |
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JERITT Is Still Alive |
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by Catharine M. White |
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The JERITT Project has presented to the field of judicial
education two significant publications that evaluate contemporary judicial branch
education policies, procedures, and practices: Issues and Trends in Judicial
Branch Education 2005 and An Evaluation of the Judicial Branch Education
Programming Response to Contemporary Court Challenges. The general intention
of these individual works is exemplified in the undertaken holistic or dynamic
approach. more > |
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SJI Update |
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by Steve Linsky |
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SJI is still working with us and for us. And money is available
to assist us in our work. more > |
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Transitions |
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From the President |
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by Liz Strong |
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There is a lot going on at NASJE. Our president, Liz Strong,
has an update for us on JERITT, the upcoming annual conference, the mid-year board
meeting, regional news. more > |
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NASJE Southeast Region Meeting Minutes |
| Resources |
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Imagine … A Collaborative Approach
To Divorce |
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by Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW |
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There is a movement in family law whereby divorcing couples
can sign agreements with lawyers to not go to court. The process is known as Collaborative
Family Law (CFL) and the agreement to not go to court is binding upon the lawyers,
not the couple. If one or both clients are unsatisfied, either may still march the
dispute to court. more > |
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Strategies to Expand the Problem-Solving
Court Approach |
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by Pamela Casey |
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The Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State
Court Administrators have called for the broad integration of problem-solving court
principles and methods into the administration of justice. This article identifies
several strategies to help further the expanded use of the problem-solving approach. more > |
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A Few Family Court Shortcuts |
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by E. Hunter Hurst IV |
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Shortly after the creation of the nation’s first juvenile
courts at the turn of the century, New Jersey and Ohio expanded the breadth of their
experiment from a court with jurisdiction over the legal matters of children to one
over the law as it pertains to families and their children. Hamilton County Domestic
Court’s first Judge, Charles W. Hoffman, was among the first court leaders
to publicly define the motivation for a family court. more > |
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A Good Match--NASJE's Mentor Program |
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by Kathleen Sikora |
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NASJE has 22 experienced judicial branch educators who have
agreed to be mentors for new NASJE members. Of this number, 11 mentors are currently "matched" with
a relatively new NASJE member. Mentors play a number of roles for new members, among
them: content expert, adult education expert, link to resources within the organization,
and a "shoulder" or person with whom one can share the excitement and anxieties
of beginning a new job, profession, or career. more > |
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Thiagi Newsletter - February |
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Thiagi Newsletter - April |
| Features |
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Acting with Impunity: A Three-Part Series
on Peacekeepers’ Involvement in Trafficking in Women in Bosnia and Herzegovina
-- Part II: Focus on Trafficking in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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by Pauline White |
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United Nations peacekeeping personnel, working in Bosnia and
Herzegovina in the aftermath of the Bosnian war, have been accused of various human
rights abuses, including trafficking in women. These abuses range in scope from patronizing
brothels where women were held in slavery-like conditions to working with organized
crime to facilitate the movement of trafficked victims. more > |
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Inside the Mind of the Judge, Part 3
-- The Acquisition of Wisdom: The “Sophomore” Judge to the “Decade” Judge |
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by Hon. David Gersten |
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If you are a judicial educator or are just curious about judicial
thinking, you must read this series. This is the third in a series of articles that
delve into the judicial psyche. This series is designed to aid judicial education
in designing specific types of courses for specific groups of judges. more > |
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Book review: Turning to One Another:
Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future |
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by Marguerite Stenquist |
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Margaret Wheatley is internationally valued for her teaching
on leadership and communication. She has worked with organizations and communities
of all types and on most continents. This book is filled with common sense communication
principles. The message: What’s missing in our interactions today is simple,
honest, human conversation. more > |
| Manager's Briefcase |
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Giving and Receiving Feedback - Part 6 |
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by Pamela Lizardi, M.Ed. |
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Communication styles play an important part in the giving
and receiving of feedback. All of us have developed communication patterns that reflect
our individual identities. These patterns develop over time and become our preferred
manner of communicating. Your effectiveness in giving and receiving feedback will
be enhanced if you are aware of your preferred communication style and that of your
feedback recipient. By recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of both styles, you
can more easily adjust your style to avoid conflicts and ensure understanding. more > |
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