Founded as an activity of the American Bar Association in 1963 and
originally called the National College of State Trial Judges, The
NJC, a nonprofit educational corporation, has been located on the
campus of the University of Nevada, Reno since 1965. The Judicial
College Building contains classrooms, discussion areas, and offices
for the staff who administer the College's programs. A law library
of more than 60,000 volumes and modern computerized research
capabilities is available to faculty and participants.
The faculty consists of more than 250 active judges, justices, and
law professors who volunteer their time and talents. The judicial
faculty is supplemented by professionals from various other
disciplines.
The NJC is the leading residential judicial education institution in
the country for state trial judges, federal and state administrative
law judges, and court officials. Its objective is to improve justice
through national programs of education and training directed toward
judge proficiency (competence), performance (conduct) and
productivity (case flow).
Maintaining a mix of of private and public funding, major support has
come from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Max C. Fleischmann
Foundation of Reno, the State of Nevada, the ABA, the U.S. Department
of Justice and a number of corporate, foundation and individual
gifts. Participant's tuition makes up approx. 30% of the budget
Useful Links from NJC:
ABA:
The American Bar Association
AICPA: American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
AJA: American Judges
Association
AJS: American Judicature
Society
Administrative
Office of the U.S. Courts
Alexandria
Law Library: California Courts
American Law
Sources Online
BJA: Bureau of
Justice Assistance
BJS: Bureau of
Justice Statistics
CCCJF: Conference
of County Court Judges of Florida
California Civil Discovery Law
Capital
Cases Resources
CCJ: Conference of Chief
Justices
CCPIO: Conference
of Court Public Information Officers
Commercial
Driver's License Laws: Resources for Judges
Corporate Counsel
Technology Institute
COSCA: Conference of
State Court Administrators
CourtCall: Telephonic Court Appearances
Court
TV
California
Supreme Court
CSG: Council
of State Governments
Edgar Online
ExhibitOne:
Audiovisual Design and Integration
FindLaw
FindLaw: LawCrawler
Federal government's
official web portal
FMCSA: Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration
HierosGamos
International
Association of Lesbian & Gay Judges
ICM: Institute
of Court Management
Internet Legal Resource
Guide
Jefferson Audio Video Systems
JERITT: The Judicial Education Reference, Information and Technical Transfer
Project
JMI: Justice Management
Institute
Judicial
Family Institute
Justice Served
Justice Web Collaboratory
Lawlink:
ABA
Lexis/Nexis
Legal Information
Institute
Legal Information
Institute: Supreme Court Collection
Library of Congress
NAALJ: The National Association
of Administrative Law Judges
NACM: National Association
for Court Management
NAHO: National Association
of Hearing Officials
National American Indian
Court Judges Association
NASJE: National Association
of State Judicial Educators
NAUIAB: National Association
of Unemployment Insurance Boards
NAWJ: National Association
of Women Judges
NBA: National Bar
Association
NCACC: National
Conference of Appellate Court Judges
NCALJ:
National Conference of Administrative Law Judges
NCJFCJ: National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
NCJRS:
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
NCJRL:
National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law
NCJRS: National Criminal
Justice Reference Service
NCPJ: National College
of Probate Judges
NCSC: National Center
for State Courts
NDCI: National Drug Court
Institute and National Association of Drug Court Professionals
NHTSA: National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
NIJ:
National Institute of Justice
Nevada Legal Resources
Directory
New
Mexico Courts
National Native
American Bar Association
OJJDP: Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Oregon
Judicial Department
OVC: Office for
Victims of Crime
South
Dakota Unified Judicial System
SJI: State Justice
Institute
TELE-COURT Telephonic Court Appearances
Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
U.S.
Supreme Court Opinions
U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia
Westlaw
Widener University
School of Law
needs.
The College is presently conducting a major development effort for
endowment funds so that its mission can be continued and its
independence maintained.
The NJC offers a variety of courses to more than 2000 judges and
other court personnel each year. In addition to offering resident
courses ranging from two and a half days to 3 weeks in duration, NJC
sponsors seminars and conferences on important social and legal
issues such as bioethics, victim's rights, jail and prison
overcrowding, and the courts and the elderly. Over 90 judges are
currently enrolled in the Master of Judicial Studies degree program.
Since 1965, NJC has conducted more than 400 programs in cooperation
with state and national judicial organizations.
Fees for NJC courses range from $280 to $2,120 with the typical one-
week course costing $870 exclusive of travel and living expenses.
Limited scholarship funding may be available for those wishing to
attend NJC programs.
In addition to training courses the NJC also has a number of
affordable publications designed for judges, by judges including 'THE
JUDGE'S BOOK', 'INHERENT POWERS OF THE COURTS - SWORD AND SHIELD OF
THE JUDICIARY', CAPITAL CASES BENCHBOOK' and others.
For more information about the NJC and its courses and publications
contactDisclaimer m
The National Judicial College
Judicial College Bldg.
University of Nevada
Reno, NV 89557
(702)784-6747 / 1(800)25-JUDGE / Fax:(702)784-4234
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