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The ability to gain victim/witness cooperation for a successful prosecution, despite intimidation, is a significant challenge faced by prosecutors across the country. Webinar speaker John Delaney, former First Assistant District Attorney of Philadelphia, is no stranger to this reality. Mr. Delaney has 35+ years of experience as a prosecutor, and will share effective tools and techniques to help overcome victim/witness intimidation challenges. These innovative approaches, coupled with real-life examples, are applicable to prosecutors in any jurisdiction.

The film "Tribal Justice" will be shown at the Annual Conference of the National Consortium on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Courts. A discussion will be facilitated by Judge Claudette White and Jennifer Walter.

TLPI is working with the New York Tribal State Court Forum by providing a presenter at their bi annual forum meeting in Syracuse, NY. Judge William Thorne will speak to the group about organizational issues and potentially institutionalizing the forum.

As part of our on-going one-year grant of technical assistance in all aspects of holistic defense to the State of Alaska Public Defender several members of The Center for Holistic Defense travelled to Bethel, Alaska to conduct several days of on-site study, evaluation, guidance, and training in various aspects of holistic defense.

Do you often ask if the investments your county makes in public safety are effective, as well as cost-effective? How do you know if the program or reform is having an impact? This training workshop will feature a criminal justice and cost-benefit analysis expert to discuss tools counties can use to help project future jail populations as well as conduct cost-benefit analyses for pretrial, probation, and jail programs and policies. In addition, county practitioners will discuss their progress and next steps for using these tools in their county justice systems.

Two Center staff members presented " A Problem-Solving Approach to Tribal Court Assessments."

Center staff met with Chief Judge, Court Coordinator, Chief Probation Officer, and Tribal Council Member to discuss the status of the tribe’s community court project and outline specific action steps for moving the project forward

In the state of Texas, the Office of the Governor is the SAA. The SAA works collaboratively with the Texas Association of Regional Councils (TARC), made up of the regional planning staff for the 24 Texas regions, to do statewide criminal justice planning. On April 22, 2015, NCJA received a request to present onsite training at the regional planners’ annual meeting in late September, 2015. The criminal justice planners are interested in onsite presentations and training by NCJA staff on both grants management and strategic planning.

Mentor Courts serve as models for individuals and court teams interested in starting an Adult Drug Court or for established courts interested in learning innovative practices.