Incentives In Your Treatment Courts: Are You Focused On The Right Thing?

By: Helen Harberts, Guest Author Most treatment courts are well aware of the importance of responding to participant behavior in a swift and certain manner. Reliable detection of good behavior and undesired behavior, with rapid responses, is the most effective form of behavior modification in the treatment court population. Most treatment courts know that severity
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Workplace drug testing

Workplace Drug Testing and Reasonable Suspicion Standards

Within a workplace setting what does an employer do when there is a legitimate reason to believe that the employee has been abusing alcohol or taking other drugs.  The law regarding employee privacy is evolving and many workplace drug testing programs should be considered open to a legal challenge.  What is the right balance of
racial bigotry

Confronting Racial Bigotry: The Manmade Hurricane Within

This blog compares racial bigotry to a manmade hurricane—devastating, sustained, and often ignored. It calls for the same urgency and unity we show after natural disasters to confront racial injustice, feed the “good wolf” within us, and create meaningful change rooted in empathy, truth, and self-reflection.
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Right to counsel

The Right to Counsel: Gideon’s Mandate and Judicial Responsibility

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to counsel, but millions face court without an attorney. This article explores how local court practices, judicial inertia, and funding gaps have led to systemic violations of this constitutional mandate—and what steps states like Michigan are taking to reverse course.
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Traffic Safety and Teen Leadership

Traffic Safety and Teen Leadership: SADD’s Mission to Empower Youth

Explore SADD's initiatives promoting traffic safety, substance abuse prevention, and personal well-being. Learn how teens and parents can work together for safer, healthier communities.
Rule of law in Afghanistan

Rule of Law in Afghanistan: A Judicial Training Mission

Judge Mark Atkinson recounts his 15-day mission to Kabul, Afghanistan, where he worked with international partners to develop a strategic training plan for the judiciary. Amid armored convoys and fortified compounds, he witnessed the resilience of a court system striving for reform under the challenging realities of a post-conflict nation.