Training
Drug Court Standards and Risk Need Instruments
Tucson, Arizona Tucson, AZ, United StatesAn in-house training for Tucson’s problem-solving courts by Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) discussing the important standards for Drug Courts as well as useful risk need instruments that can be used in targeting the right population for a Drug Court.
Drug Court Standards and On-Site Testing: the Value of Automation
Suburban Collection Showplace 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI, United StatesJSI Associate Judge Harvey Hoffman (Ret.) will discuss Drug Court testing standards. Every drug court professional has to understand the basics of alcohol and other drug testing in order to do a competent job. This seminar will give you the fundamentals of on-site drug testing as well as the standards for tests. It will also demonstrate
Gaming The Test: How Defendants Try to Beat Drug Tests
Suburban Collection Showplace 46100 Grand River Ave, Novi, MI, United StatesJSI CFO Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret.) will give a presentation on “Gaming The Test: How defendants try to beat drug tests.” This presentation will focus on how defendants who are continuing to use illegal drugs, attempt to avoid positive results on drug tests. It will look at three different ways, dilution adulteration and substitution that are used
Judicial Best Practices in Drug Court
JSI President and JSI Founder, Judge Peggy Hora (ret.) will speak on Best Practices in Drug Courts at the judicial training for new Drug Treatment Court magistrates in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Procedural Fairness and Co-Occurring Disorders
JSI President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) will be presenting two workshops at Oklahoma’s 4th Annual Spring Specialty Court Judges’ Forum on May 11. The topics are 1) Procedural Fairness and 2) Co-Occurring disorders. The event will take place in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Click here to see the agenda.
Race: It’s Everybody’s Issue
Monroe Community College 1000 East Henrietta Road, Rochester, United StatesUsing mainly post-Ferguson materials, JSI President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) will develop a workshop that includes a keynote presentation by her; leading a Q & A session; and, providing table exercises for execution and report back to the entire audience. It is anticipated that the workshop will be three hours in length and be conducted
Technical Assistance to the Marin County Drug Court
Marin County Superior Court 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA, United StatesJSI President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) will provide technical assistance to the Marin County Drug Court on June 11-13 to monitor their grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand substance use treatment capacity. She will meet with the individual team members, attend staffing and observe the adult drug court
“Working Therapeutically”
“…herapeutic jurisprudence (TJ) is an interdisciplinary field of philosophy and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws and public policies, legal and dispute resolution systems, and legal institutions. TJ values psychologically healthy outcomes in legal disputes and transactions, without claiming exclusivity in terms of policy objectives.” Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) and JSI
Scientific Evidence Under the Daubert Standard
Arrowwood Resort at Cedar Shore 1500 Shoreline Drive, Oacoma, SD, United StatesJSI President Judge Peggy Hora (Ret.) and JSI CFO Judge Brian MacKenzie (Ret.) will discuss making good rulings about scientific evidence under the Daubert standard and evidentiary and admissibility issues for electronic and digital evidence at the 2019 Spring South Dakota Judicial Conference. As a result of this program the attendees will be able to: 1.
