Hello again! This week there is a new tip and just the single training reminder. Please make sure to subscribe to the OJD blog and follow our OJD Twitter and Facebook pages as well to get updates, relevant articles, and other juvenile defense-related content throughout the week!
Tip of the Week – Getting Rid of Those Shackles
Ask that the hearing occur prior to the juvenile entering the courtroom
Request that both the hand and leg shackles be removed
Hold the court to the three reasons to shackle: maintain order, prevent escape, provide for the safety of the courtroom
Enforce that evidence for any of these reasons should be current behavior, not prior behavior or acts
Argue that “whenever practical” to be heard on the issue is anytime!
Training
Registration is now open for the 2019 Parent Attorney and Juvenile Defender conferences. The Parent Attorney Conference will be held Thursday, Aug. 8 and the Juvenile Defender Conference will be held Friday, Aug. 9, and both would begin at 8:30 a.m. each day. Both conferences, cosponsored by the School of Government and the Office of Indigent Defense Services, will be held at the School of Government on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and offer approximately six hours of CLE credit. The Parent Attorney Conference provides training for attorneys, who represent parents in abuse, neglect, dependency, and termination of parental rights proceedings. The Juvenile Defender Conference provides training for attorneys who represent children in delinquency proceedings. Please feel free to download the Juvenile Defender Conference agenda here and the Parent Attorney Conference agenda here. If you have any questions, please contact Program Manager Kate Jennings, or if you have questions about the course content, please contact Program Attorney Austine Long.
And, that is all we have for you this week, folks. Have a great weekend and hopefully we have more content for you in the coming weeks.
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