Central Youth Defender Forum: “Defending Youth Charged with Violent Offenses’
Watch our Central Youth Defender Forum: "Defending Youth Charged with Violent Offenses" recap video! We had a great time with defenders from the central and western region of NC.
From a Lawyer’s View: Juvenile First-Degree Murder Training Recap
Last week, OJD held its inaugural Juvenile First Degree Murder Training. Over 80 attorneys and defense team members from all over the state came to learn about representing children charged with this serious offense in both in district and superior courts. Thank you to everyone that joined and made this first training a great success!With the implementation of Raise the Age in 2019, many cases for 16 and 17 year old youth that previously started in adult court now start in juvenile court. Notici
Week in Review: January 23-27
Last Friday of January is in the works! This week OJD has a new 6 Questions in (Not Really) 60 Seconds with Eric Zogry, State Juvenile Defender, a new OJD Sponsored CLE, a great blog post from Jacqui Greene at the School of Government, and a Save the Date coming to you from The Gault Center. Let’s get to it!6 Questions in (Not Really) 60 Seconds with Eric Zogry, State Juvenile DefenderNEW OJD CLE! Back to Basics: Juvenile Delinquency 101Join Assistant Juvenile Defender Burcu Hensley and Assistan
From a Lawyer’s View: OJD Youth Defender Forums 2022
Defenders!Thank you all for making our first round of Youth Defender Forums a huge success! From East to West, we had such a great time meeting each one of you, learning about juvenile court in your area, and providing updates in juvenile delinquency law. The Youth Defender Forums exist to both help foster the youth defender community and to provide quality juvenile defense education statewide. We want to come to you and make sure our trainings are targeted towards your needs. We learned somethi
Week in Review: October 24-28
Happy Halloween Weekend! Well, Halloween is Monday so we’re a bit early. We hope you have a safe candy filled, spooky holiday. This week we have a fantastic tip on resources for talking to youth about recent shootings, mass violence, and many other issues, along with a reminder about our Eastern Youth Defender Forum. Tip of the Week: Youth Dealing with Traumatic Stress & ResourcesMany of our young clients are used to drills to prepare for storms, fires, and now even possible shootings at school.
Week in Review: October 17-21
Happy Friday Everyone! It’s been a road trip kind of week for OJD. On the counties visited this week: Cabarrus, Henderson, and Sampson! We really love getting to see our defenders in court and have many more trips planned to support the great work everyone does. This week, we have a tip on Restraints in Juvenile Court Tip of the Week – Restraints in Juvenile CourtIn adult and juvenile proceedings, we frequently have clients who are confined pretrial. Those clients are often brought into courtro
Week in Review: October 10-14
Friday is here! Today is day one of the Gault Center Youth Defender Leadership Summit and OJD is logged into Zoom to gain new ways to help our state’s youth and those who work so hard to advocate for change. This week, we’re sharing a tip and a reminder, Burcu’s 6 questions & gearing up for our next Forum!Tip of the WeekSuppression motions aren’t often used in the District Court setting (outside DWI cases), however juvenile court offers many opportunities for suppression. The juvenile code outl
Week in Review: Sept 26-30
Rainy Friday in the Tarheel State that has plans to stay around all weekend. We hope everyone stays safe and warm as we wrap up September. Tip of the Week – Before You PleaseTalk 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, eligibility to play sports, placement on a sex offender registry (in N.C. or other states) and others.
Week In Review: September 19-23
Happy Friday and Hello Fall! This week OJD was able to take a beat and finish planning our Central Defender Forum in Asheboro. Are you a defense attorney looking to attend? Registration closes TODAY at 5PM! There’s no tip today but we do have a really fun video celebrating LaTobia’s 3 year anniversary! Let’s take a look: 6 Questions in (Not Really) 60 Seconds with LaTobia Avent, Communications & Office ManagerRegistration for our Central Youth Defender Forum ENDS TODAY! The Central Youth Defende
From a Lawyer’s View: Gold Mine: Ethics Compliance Resource
On Wednesday, we presented Part II of our Digital Evidence Series where we talked about social media and the various platforms our clients are using. We are so fortunate to have LaTobia Avent, communications manager and social media guru as part of our team here at OJD. She is always willing and eager to help us learn about this topic that’s so near and dear to her, and that’s really good news for defenders representing the young clients that live – exist! – in this digital world.I know we hear