General Jurisdiction/Trial Courts

The class on search warrants is a focused training designed to enhance the understanding and proficiency of prosecutors in obtaining and using search warrants in criminal investigations. The course will cover the legal principles on search and seizure, including constitutional requirements and procedural safeguards.
This webinar is open to all prosecutors and prosecution teams, including investigators and advocates. Registrants may be required to verify employment prior to webinar.

Participants will learn about the collection, preservation, and analysis of digital evidence, covering a wide range of sources such as computers, mobile devices, and social media platforms. Techniques for authenticating digital evidence and ensuring its admissibility in court are explored in detail, along with the challenges and legal considerations involved.
This webinar is open to all prosecutors and prosecution teams, including investigators and advocates. Registrants may be required to verify employment prior to webinar.

This training program is designed to help prosecutors recognize and mitigate biases that may influence decision-making in complex homicide cases, while upholding ethical standards throughout the legal process. Throughout the training, prosecutors delve into the various forms of biases that can impact decision-making, including cognitive biases, cultural biases, and implicit biases. Emphasis is placed on understanding how biases can affect case assessment, charging decisions, plea negotiations, and trial strategies in homicide cases.

This presentation was given by Lindsey Price Jackson and leaders from Newark Community Solutions, including Hon. Vivian Sanks King. Municipal courts were developed with the intent to hold those who commit low-level and minor infractions accountable. Processing over 3.5 million cases annually municipal courts across the county are woefully under-resourced and struggle to manage the sizable caseloads they are tasked to process. This deficiency leads to disproportionate outcomes for lower income communities and communities of color causing harm to the jurisdictions they serve.

SCIP court-related opportunities and domestic violence court and docket structures/possibilities. Zoom calls with SAA. Met with SCIP Advisory Board to describe these opportunities.

THIS PROGRAM HAD TO BE POSTPONED FROM MARCH 2025 TO JANUARY 2026 DUE TO AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVIEW REQUIRED FOR ALL DOJ FUNDED TRAININGS.

NACDL and its partners offer ongoing technical assistance to capital defense teams who attended Bring-Your-Own-Case (BYOC) programs or in-office training programs conducted under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI). This technical assistance leverages topics covered during the BYOC programs, surfaces topics that are needed in future training programs, and helps NACDL and its partners track and monitor trainee teams’ case status.

CDL and its partners offer ongoing technical assistance to capital defense teams who attended Bring-Your-Own-Case (BYOC) programs or in-office training programs conducted under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI). This technical assistance leverages topics covered during the BYOC programs, surfaces topics that are needed in future training programs, and helps NACDL and its partners track and monitor trainee teams’ case status.

NACDL and its partners offer ongoing technical assistance to capital defense teams who attended Bring-Your-Own-Case (BYOC) programs or in-office training programs conducted under the Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI). This technical assistance leverages topics covered during the BYOC programs, surfaces topics that are needed in future training programs, and helps NACDL and its partners track and monitor trainee teams’ case status.

In this conference presentation, an overview of the Stepping Up framework was be provided as a foundation from which communities can develop collaborative approaches to reducing the incarceration of persons with serious mental health and/or substance use needs.