January-June 2022: Received approval to begin providing TTA. Paula Hannaford and Bonnie Hoffman participated in a live training on ACVD including developing a hypothetical fact pattern for role playing and demonstration purposes. The agenda was as follows:
NJ ACVD Judicial Education Session
9:00 to 10:30 am, May 4, 2002
9:00 Introduction/Welcome
9:05 CJ Rabner announces pilot program, introduces panelists
9:10 Paula Hannaford-Agor provides national overview of voir dire practices in state courts, empirical research on effects of ACVD
9:25 Criminal Presiding or Assignment Judge from Task Force describes rationale for pilot program
9:35 Judge Douglas Wilkins (MA) describes Massachusetts experience, judges’ concerns at outset of their pilot program, use of pretrial conference to set expectations
9:50 Demonstration of ACVD
• Potential case types: substance abuse, mental health, or issues related to law enforcement credibility
• Randomly select 14-16 judges from the audience as prospective jurors
• Judge Wilkins gives [abbreviated] introduction to the process, including MA or NJ mandatory questions
• Bonnie/Monica and prosecutor question panelists on topics of common interest
10:15 Q&A
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