This course is designed to strengthen the leadership and team building capabilities of drug courts; provide a resource of instructional modules for use by drug courts to improve their organization, operations and productivity; and to provide a resource for trainers/facilitators to assist drug courts in improving the collaboration and performance of their interdisciplinary teams. This course contains video presentations, accompanying PowerPoint presentations; syllabus, instructor guide, surveys, quizzes and a way for tracking student progress.

This program was prepared under a Cooperative Agreement with Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice and the National Drug Court Institute, in Collaboration with The National Center for State Courts and National Association of Drug Court Professionals.

This course explores the nature of alcohol and other drug abuse as well as the dynamics of recovery in the court context. It is intended as a primer for judges who handle all types of cases. Its goal is to encourage judges in all types of courts to share current information and work with experts in other disciplines to develop new systemic approaches to address this large and challenging court population. This course contains video presentations, accompanying PowerPoint presentations; syllabus, surveys, quizzes, a discussion board for students and faculty and a glossary.

This program was prepared with the support of a grant from the State Justice Institute (SJI-01-N-210-C03-1). The points of view expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of policies of the State Justice Institute.

This self-paced course is designed to augment and reinforce the information provided in the COOP Planning Guide. It includes presentations by court professionals who are experts in emergency management preparedness—many as a result of facing an emergency themselves.

The course is intended to help judges and other court officials develop and implement a continuity of operations (COOP) plan. The course guides participants through a set of steps necessary to create a structure and framework for planning; work through specific elements of a COOP plan and agree on procedures to follow in the event of an emergency; and help create a testing, training and exercise program to maintain the effectiveness of the plan.

This course contains video presentations, accompanying PowerPoint presentations; quizzes, a discussion board and faculy bios.

This program was prepared with the support of a grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance (Grant No. 2006-MU-BX-K019 ). The points of view expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of policies of the United States Department of Justice.