| NASJENews Quarterly • Fall 2009 |
Volume 24 • Number 4 |
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| News |
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In Memory of Kenneth Miller |
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Nevada Supreme Court Gets Visit from Italian Judge |
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SJI News |
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Transitions |
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From the President |
| Resources |
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CUTTING EDGE: The National Academy of Sciences and Judicial Education in Scientific Evidence |
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by Daphne A. Burns |
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Earlier this year, the National Academy of Sciences released a report on a two-year study entitled Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward. The study was authorized by Congress, which charged the NAS with creating a committee of experts to “disseminate best practices and guidelines concerning the collection and analysis of forensic evidence to help ensure quality and consistency in the use of forensic technologies and techniques to solve crimes, investigate deaths, and protect the public.” more > |
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Judicial Balance: Lessons for Law and Life |
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by Judicial Conference of Indiana |
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Judicial Balance seeks to provide a source of information and support for those aspects of being a judge that are not easily found in law school course of study or judicial education. How do we juggle the challenges of home and work? Where does the judicial career fit with the other roles that most of us fulfill? How do we sustain our commitment to the judicial assignment over time? more > |
| Features |
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Thiagi Newsletter |
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Links to the latest issues of the Thiagi Gameletter -- seriously fun activities for trainers, facilitators, performance consultants, and managers. 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 in Massachusetts and throughout the country developed a new interest in reading great literature? more > |
| Conference Review |
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Photos from the 2009 NASJE Conference |
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Vision 2000-3000: Judicial Education in the New Millennium |
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by Jo Deyo |
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He didn’t have a crystal ball, but futurist Stuart A. Forsyth gave NASJE participants a glimpse of the future, and encouraged participants to envision and prepare for that future. more > |
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Learning Activity Lottery |
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The overall learning objectives for the session were to allow the students to be able to (1) describe why the lecture method is used to exclusion of other methods; (2) choose learning activities that are suitable for the topics they intend to teach; and (3) design learning activities that accomplish their learning objectives. more > |
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Decision Making and the Biased Brain |
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by Kelly Tait |
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The effects of bias on decision-making were explored in a fascinating workshop at NASJE’s 2009 Annual Conference called “The Empirical Psychology of Decision Making: The Brain and the Unseen Components of Bias.” more > |
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The Empirical Psychology of Decision Making: The Brain and the Unseen Components of Bias |
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by Crystal L. Banks |
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The workshop explored access to fairness issues within courtrooms and courthouses as we looked at how deliberation and instinctive or unconscious processing combine to drive decision-making. Concepts such as physiological reactions during decision-making as seen through MRI’s, unconscious processing, the halo effect, and stereotypes were investigated. more > |
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What’s in Store for American Grammar? |
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by Jo Deyo |
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At the “What’s in Store for American Grammar” presentation, participants had a chance to hear from a grammar guru and to share their own thoughts about grammar and proper writing. more > |
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NASJE Regional Reports |
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Reports from the NASJE regional meetings. more > |
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Race: The Power of an Illusion |
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by Kelly Tait |
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This powerful documentary questions the very idea of “race” as a valid scientific distinction. Participants watched Episode 3: “The House We Live In” which reveals how our institutions gave race its meaning and power by advantaging “whites” even while resorting to inconsistent categories to maintain the color line. more > |
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Educating on Elder Care |
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Jennifer White, Attorney for Legal Programs with the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the lead attorney /curriculum writer for the Enhancing Judicial Skills in Elder Abuse Cases, led conference participants through the course offered by the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence. more > |
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Tips on Grant Writing |
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Janice Munsterman, Executive Director of the State Justice Institute, excited us all with her report of substantially increased funding to SJI, and thus to its many grantees, as a result of the economic stimulus programs of the federal government. more > |
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How to Educate the Intergenerational Workforce |
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Professor Willow Jacobson of the University of North Carolina taught a lively session about how to function more successfully in the multigenerational workplace. She discussed the value of understanding some of the general traits that employees in different age groups tend to share, including the main values and approaches of the four generations currently in the workforce. more > |
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Cultural Competency in Judicial Education |
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Michael Roosevelt of the California Administrative Office of the Courts and John Martin of the Center for Public Policy Studies facilitated an in-depth discussion of Martin’s recent Court Manager article “Becoming a Culturally Competent Court." more > |
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Roundtable Discussion: Best Practices in Online Learning |
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The effervescent Joseph Sawyer of the National Judicial College could hardly talk fast enough to share all the ideas and respond to all the questions of the group in his roundtable about online learning. more > |
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Roundtable Discussion: Program Assessment / Impact Evaluation |
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Fourteen attendees participated in a facilitated roundtable discussion on the subject of program assessment and impact evaluation. Handouts illustrating elements of needs assessment, the planning cycle, and levels of evaluation framed the discussion of challenges faced by judicial educators in an era of accountability. more > |
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How to Educate on the Theory & Mechanics of Performance Measures |
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This session was based upon a recent COSCA white paper that explored the reasons why courts fail to embrace performance measurement. The challenge for the judicial educator is how to plan, design and deliver a curriculum that moves courts toward adopting performance measurement. more > |
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Younger Next Year |
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Chris Crowley, one of the authors of the book, Younger Next Year, shared his secrets to living longer and enjoying better health. Closing the conference with an entertaining and motivating session, Crowley touted the benefits of physical activity. more > |
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| Post-Conference Review |