General Public

Held on December 18, 2024 in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the UND School of Law – Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI). This webinar presented by BJ Jones, Tribal Judge and Executive Director at TJI and Michelle Rivard Parks, Tribal Judge and Associate Director at TJI and former Tribal prosecutor. This webinar included a discussion on both civil commitments and criminal competency issues in criminal proceedings in Tribal courts.
The discussion on Civil Commitments in Tribal Courts included the following topics:

Held on November 4, 2024 in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA). This webinar was presented by the Honorable Carrie Garrow, Chief Judge for the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court. This webinar discussed how judicial interaction with participants is a critical component of participants’ success. Motivational interviewing, created by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick, is a method of communication and designed to help people explore and resolve ambivalence about changing behaviors.

Held on September 25, 2024 The Tribal Law and Policy Institute (TLPI), in collaboration with our training and technical assistance partners – the UND School of Law – Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) hosted a webinar: Lessons from the Field: Insights from a Tribal Prosecutor, presented by Alfred Urbina, former Attorney General, Tribal Judge, and Tribal Prosecutor for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. This webinar was an engaging and informative session with Mr. Urbina as he shared valuable lessons learned throughout his distinguished career as a Tribal prosecutor.

This webinar focuses on federal prosecution and availability of resources to address youth reentry as well as how these resource influence charging decisions at the federal and state level. It will highlight effective strategies for supporting youth reentry and feature resources from OJJDP. 41 attendees

Cases responded to and closed during the reporting period July - December 2024 were 409.

11/22- In-person meeting Stephanie Hines (Division Director), Shimike Dodson (Assistant Division Director), and Eric Miner (Research Analyst) from the Judicial Council of Georgia Administrative Office of the Courts to workshop data-story telling tools and the need for them, to discuss the Pilot Phase of Counts implementing Justice Counts with additional metrics. 

90-minute webinar that addressed the impact of tragedy and introduce post-traumatic growth. Webinar also allowed a mental health professional and two police professionals to share the elements and potential benefits of post-traumatic growth and practice strategies and interventions that can support individuals in their journey towards post-traumatic growth.

The WellnessCourts.org website continues to be managed and enhanced. A platform conversion occurred June 2024. This conversion eliminates a security notice when visiting the website, allows in-house website updates to occur quickly and easily, and will allow for Google Analytics use for the website. This reporting period, in-house website updates occurred. Google Analytics was also enabled with this change and shows that 1,937 visits to WellnessCourts.org occurred last reporting period with 60% from desktop web traffic, 38% mobile, and 2% tablet.

This webinar highlights the essential components of a successful focused deterrence call-in strategy. The discussion will cover practical steps for planning, executing, and sustaining this strategy, drawing on promising practices and examples from the field. 84 attendees

This webinar focuses on federal prosecution and availability of resources to address youth reentry as well as how these resource influence charging decisions at the federal and state level. It will highlight effective strategies for supporting youth reentry and feature resources from OJJDP. 41 attendees