| NASJENews Quarterly • Summer 2010 |
Volume 25 • Number 3 |
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SJI News |
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Longtime Indiana Judicial Center Education Director Retires |
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Transitions |
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Traffic Injury Research Foundation Update |
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From the Editor |
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From the President: Celebrate 35 Years! |
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Southeast Regional News |
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Cutting Edge: Felonious Funk and the Solution |
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by Carol Paisley |
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Kentucky is one of few states that offer a novel solution called Felony Mediation to move cases more rapidly through the system and achieve greater access to justice. Judges in several Kentucky jurisdictions have held Felony Mediation Days that allow several felony cases to be mediated over the course of a single day. more > |
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Armchair Musings on Future Trends in Judicial Education |
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by Hon. Robert Pirraglia |
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While I'm not one of those doom-and-gloom prognosticators who often fill the time and space on one cable channel or another, I do agree that the easy affluence that has defined American life and culture since the end of World War II is over. For those of us who serve in government, the judiciary included, it means doing the same or more with the same or less. more > |
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Cutting Edge: Jiggling Synapses -- Constructing Learning in the Brains of Mature Learners |
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by Daphne A. Burns |
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In an article published in the New York Times late last year, Times health editor Barbara Strauch lamented the "maddening" changes in the middle-aged brain changes that cause her, for instance, to forget entire books, movies, and meals . She says the information is not actually lost but squirreled away in the folds of neurons. more > |
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Trauma and Delinquency: Ten Critical Points |
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by Kristine Buffington, MSW, Carly B. Dierkhising, MA, and Shawn C. Marsh, Ph.D. |
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Juvenile justice courts are tasked with protecting society, safeguarding the youth and families, and holding delinquent youth accountable while supporting their rehabilitation. Juvenile court judges must understand the underlying factors that affect the lives of juveniles and their families. One of the most pervasive of these factors is exposure to trauma. more > |
| Features |
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BALANCE: Lessons for Law and Life |
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A publication of the Judicial Conference of Indiana, Judicial Balance includes stories and insights. more > |
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Thiagi GameLetter |
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Seriously fun activities for trainers, facilitators, performance consultants, and managers. more > |
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Blast from the Past: "Judicial Educators: Three Different Worlds" |
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Twenty years have not changed the fact that no one in our field ever grew up planning to be a judicial educator. We all got here by different paths and we bring with us our own perspective, strengths, weaknesses, and approaches. more > |
| Manager's Briefcase |
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Research Brief: Kentucky Circuit Court Judicial Perceptions of Efficiency and Culture |
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by Julia Hylton Adams, JD, Deborah Williamson, PhD, and Adam K. Matz, MS |
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Like many court systems across the states, the Kentucky Court of Justice (KCOJ) has faced continued financial hardship amidst the economic downturn of the last several years. In the past two years the KCOJ, a unified court system, has relinquished over 100 positions as a direct result of budget cuts. more > |
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