| NASJENews Quarterly • Spring 2008 |
Volume 23 • Number 2 |
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| News |
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The International Organization for Judicial Training |
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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Update |
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SJI News |
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Transitions |
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From the President |
| Resources |
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Guide for Continuity of Operations |
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by Pam Casey |
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The National Center for State Courts is pleased to announce a new website and Guide for Continuity of Operations (COOP) planning. A COOP plan helps a court continue its mission essential functions when normal court operations are impaired because of an emergency. more > |
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Challenges for Judicial Branch Educators |
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by Ellen Marshall |
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This article will discuss tools that can make the forward-facing JBE more effective in spotting job demands. It will also identify some of the training topics courts must address in this increasingly technology-driven world. more > |
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Lessons From and For Experts |
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by Kelly Tait |
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While expert performance often depends on a depth of knowledge that gets people to the place where information and experience coalesce into “gut instinct,” the people who have gotten there may not be able to communicate what is actually happening at that intuitive level in a way that others can learn to do it, too. more > |
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Thiagi Newsletter |
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Being White Most of My Life: Pondering NASJE’s Commitment to Diversity |
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by Thomas Nelson Langhorne |
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My “whiteness” was suddenly and uncomfortably transformed when unexpected recent events crashed my cultural consciousness. The sudden succession of losing several family members within eighteen months led to my discovery of closely held family secrets: My Floridian Grand Mother was Cherokee. Some of my cousins were “Oh My God... more > |
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It’s a Small World, After All - Part 2 |
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by Ellen Marshall |
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Many of our colleagues have worked in international assignments and have had amazing experiences. We polled our membership to locate JBEs working internationally to tell us how they employ their JBE skills in other cultures, how that work has changed their perspective, and how they access NASJE resources while engaged in their consultancies. more > |
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Blast from the Past: Humanities & the Professions |
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by Sanford M. Lottor |
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What can Shakespeare, Camus, Tolstoy, Melville, and Conrad teach professionals about the power and authority they exercise in society? Why have so many judges, physicians, schoolteachers, and executives developed a new interest in reading great literature? more > |
| Manager's Briefcase |
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Stuck in the Details |
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by Laurie Ginn |
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Ants may march one by one, but details seem to march endlessly. A project’s details arrive seemingly without end and can overwhelm, especially when you are working on more than one project at a time. Take the time to examine the whole picture, not just the details rushing at you, as the project is now and from a future viewpoint. more > |
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