Handling Traffic Cases Webinar Series: Controlling the Courtroom (Self-Represented Litigants/Sovereign Citizens) & Docket/Case Management
Tuition
0
Days & Times
8 a.m. Hawaii / 9 a.m. Alaska / 10 a.m. Pacific / 11 a.m. Mountain / 12 p.m. Central / 1 p.m. Eastern
This webinar will be 75 minutes in duration
Course Location
Online
Course Fees
Tuition
$0
This program will focus on judicial courtroom demeanor, courtroom practices, and procedural fairness in traffic cases. Issues of varied complexity are presented in traffic cases. A judge strives to ensure that the parties have a right to be heard and that a fair and impartial forum is provided. Suggested best practices to handle traffic cases effectively will also be discussed.
Course $0
During this course, you will learn to:
- Utilize appropriate judicial courtroom demeanor;
- Develop effective courtroom practices; and
- Describe and practice procedural fairness.
Series Description:
To effectively and responsibly handle traffic cases, judges must not only weigh evidence and apply legal principles, but also provide meaningful access to the courts for all parties. This program will provide many of the basics for judges new to the bench to identify the issues that arise in handling traffic dockets and the tools to manage their courtroom with respect and with dignity.
Topics to be covered included: the Judge’s role in handling traffic cases, implicit bias and other access to justice issues in traffic cases, controlling the courtroom, impaired driving, toxicology essentials, commercial motor vehicles, and sentencing traffic offenders to reduce recidivism.
This program will focus on judicial courtroom demeanor, courtroom practices, and procedural fairness in traffic cases. Issues of varied complexity are presented in traffic cases. A judge strives to ensure that the parties have a right to be heard and that a fair and impartial forum is provided. Suggested best practices to handle traffic cases effectively will also be discussed.