Professional Development
The Conference provides dozens of informative training programs every year, ranging from fundamental trial skills development to specialized programs focusing on a particular criminal law area. Some of these training programs are designed exclusively for prosecutors, but many are open to law enforcement, legal assistants, court staff, and other allied professionals. The Conference gratefully acknowledges the grant funding that makes many of these trainings possible.
The calendar below lists all of the year’s upcoming programs, so prosecutors and others can plan their attendance in advance. If a program is currently open for registration, clicking on the title or register button will bring up a registration page.
Please direct any questions about content, eligibility, or registration for a specific training to the contact listed for that course, or you can email the Conference for additional information.
Toxicology for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors
- May 31, 2024
- Blowing Rock, NC
We speak different languages but have the same goal: the truth. This training is all about communication, and provides an opportunity to understand what each discipline needs, what each can provide, and how best we can work together.
Upcoming Trainings
Administrative Professionals Seminar & Investigators Conference
- May 1, 2024 – May 3, 2024
The North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys invites the Administrative Professionals and the Investigators of the District Attorneys Offices across the state to discuss legal updates ad statewide issues. The Conference of District Attorneys aims to assist the Administrative Professionals & The Investigators in improving services to victims, as well as interpreting the newest laws that affect victims. This course will include topics and speakers which will be beneficial to the services Administrative Professionals provide to both prosecutors and victims.
No Safe Place: Building the Child Physical Abuse Case
- May 16, 2024 – May 17, 2024
Children face the most danger from abuse in their own homes. Child physical abuse can take many forms, from malnutrition to broken bones to burns and bites. Proving who is responsible and how those injuries occurred can be a monumental task when everything happens behind closed doors and at the hands of a caregiver. This training will help prosecutors, law enforcement, and other allied professionals understand how to build a case of physical abuse despite the challenges these cases can present.
Toxicology for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors
- May 31, 2024
We speak different languages but have the same goal: the truth. This training is all about communication, and provides an opportunity to understand what each discipline needs, what each can provide, and how best we can work together.
What You Do Matters
- June 6, 2024
This program examines policing within the legal and political framework of Nazi Germany- a journey that eventually turned those who should protect life and liberty into those who intimidated, humiliated, deported, and eventually murdered millions of innocent people. Using historical images and stories from the Holocaust, this course engages law enforcement and prosecutors in a dialogue about the role of law enforcement in today’s communities and the importance of core values ensuring the integrity and vibrancy of democracy.
Regional DWI: Nuts and Bolts
- June 6, 2024 – June 7, 2024
This two-day training will cover hot topics and issues that prosecutors and officers ask us about throughout the year. We will provide information about impaired driving and traffic safety issues that aren’t always in the mainstream as well as routine issues that can always be improved.
Summer Association Meeting
- June 17, 2024 – June 19, 2024
The NC District Attorneys Association (NCDAA) meeting is a statewide training program devoted to prosecutors, and it is approved by the NC State Bar to fully satisfy prosecutors’ annual continuing legal education requirements, including the required ethics hours. NCDAA calls upon the collective skills of the State’s most experienced criminal law experts, guest speakers, top prosecutors, and others with the required depth of knowledge to provide a comprehensive continuing legal education program.
Registration:
Early registration is $230.00 and includes your $40 annual association dues, 12 hours of CLE courses, 3 breakfasts, all breaks, and the Monday evening social. Registration ends on May 24th, 2024. If space is still open after the cut-off date, there will be an additional $20 late fee.
Training Name | Training Date | CLE Type | Location | Description | Registration Link |
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Administrative Professionals Seminar & Investigators Conference | May 1, 2024 – May 3, 2024 | General | Asheville, NC | Open to Administrative Assistants, Legal Assistants, and Investigators working in the North Carolina District Attorney Offices | Register |
No Safe Place: Building the Child Physical Abuse Case | May 16, 2024 – May 17, 2024 | General | Blowing Rock, NC | Open to prosecutors, law enforcement, and allied professionals | Register |
Toxicology for Law Enforcement and Prosecutors | May 31, 2024 | General | Blowing Rock, NC | Open to toxicologists, law enforcement, and prosecutors | Register |
What You Do Matters | June 6, 2024 | General | Charlotte, NC | Open to prosecutors, law enforcement, and administrative professionals | Register |
Regional DWI: Nuts and Bolts | June 6, 2024 – June 7, 2024 | General | Blowing Rock, NC | Open to prosecutors and law enforcement | Register |
Summer Association Meeting | June 17, 2024 – June 19, 2024 | General | Wilmington , NC | Open to prosecutors | Register |
Navigating the Maze of Mental Illness | July 12, 2024 | General | Asheville, NC | Open to prosecutors | Register |
How Can We Help?
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