Week in Review: Sept 27- October 1
Happy October Readers! We’re getting closer and closer to the end of the year and I can promise you, OJD definitely thinks 2021 just started. We’ve got a really nice tip of the week for you today and sharing a great new read (that’s currently being passed around the office). OJD is also planning 2 new trainings for November AND partnering with our Chief Regional Defender Tucker Charns on another. We hope to round out your year, and CLE credits, with some great content. Let’s get your week wrappe
Week in Review: August 16-20
Happy Friday! Today OJD is attending the 2021 Juvenile Defender Conference hosted by the School of Government. It’s a jam packed day full of really innovative trainings and presented by some of the best attorneys in NC. We hope to see you there!Tip of the Week – Before You Plea Talk to your client about the impacts of an adjudication. While not as public as adult criminal convictions, juvenile adjudications may impact the following: immigration status, educational placement, housing conditions,
Week in Review: August 2-6
Happy Fri-YAY Readers! This week was a bit exciting for OJD but we won’t get into that JUST yet, just know…an announcement is coming your way very soon. Before we all head into one of the last weekends of summer, let’s share a tip and a congratulations.TIP OF THE WEEK Appeals Tip of the Week: Courtesy of David Andrews, Office of the Appellate Defender Suppression motions and contested adjudicatory hearings – If the suppression motion is denied, object when the evidence is admitted at the adjud
Week in Review: July 5-9
Happy Friday (Fri-YAY) Readers! Thanks for stopping back and recapping the week with OJD. We hope you had a great holiday weekend, enjoyed some fireworks and a hot dog or two (some of us had 4, don’t tell anyone!) Tip of the Week – Why Separate Probable Cause and Adjudicatory Hearings?A probable cause hearing determines whether there is probable cause to believe that the offense charged has been committed, and that the juvenile charged committed it. But what if the court finds probable cause fo
Reflecting on J.D.B. v. North Carolina, Part 4
By: Barbara Fedders, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law10 Years After JDB Along with Mark Dorosin (then of the UNC School of Law Center for Civil Rights, now with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights under the Law) Hannah Demeritt (then of the NC Office of the Juvenile Defender, now a clinical professor at Duke University School of Law) and Legal Aid Advocates for Children’s Services, I helped write an amicus brief in this case to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Reflecting on J.D.B. v. North Carolina: Part One
J.D.B. v. North Carolina (2011) was not only a triumphant case for juvenile delinquency matters, but set the tone for how juveniles who are alleged to have committed criminal acts to be approached by law enforcement. If you’re unfamiliar with the case, here’s a brief (non-law) synopsis. As a juvenile, his name is not released to the public hence the J.D.B. abbreviation:J.D.B. was a 13-year-old student enrolled in special education classes. The police noted him as a suspect of committing two sepa