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Former longtime NJC faculty member Dennis Challeen, credited by many with having invented the concept of sentencing to community service, passed away on August 2 at age 82. He taught for the NJC for more tha...

Remembering Dennis Challeen, father of community-service sentencing

Congratulations to the following judges who are either new to the bench or have recently been elected or appointed to a new position. Tim Hollenhorst, Superior Court of Riverside County, California Sanju Oo...

Welcome to the Bench, Week of August 16th 2018

The NJC’s immediate past president, Hon. Chad Schmucker (Ret.), has been honored with the American Bar Association Judicial Division’s Robert B. Yegge Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of...

ABA honors former NJC President Schmucker

Remembering Dennis Challeen, father of community-service sentencing

Welcome to the Bench, Week of August 16th 2018

ABA honors former NJC President Schmucker

Alumnus honored for helping victims of domestic, sexual violence

New bench book on implicit bias includes chapter by Judicial Studies professor

page headline of Mourners honor legacy of slain Hobart attorney

Alumnus and beloved longtime faculty member Tracy E. “Ted” Page shot and killed

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