RENO, Nev. — The National Judicial College (NJC) announced District Judge William G. W. Shoobridge of Lovington recently completed the General Jurisdiction Course presented at the NJC in Reno.
Judge Shoobridge was a participant in the course that featured skills and techniques to enhance judicial proficiency.
The course was designed to supplement state-provided judicial education for new judges by providing a solid foundation for a judicial career.
Participants learned techniques and strategies to: manage their courtrooms and individual cases including cases involving self-represented litigants; conduct jury and non-jury trials more effectively; summarize and apply developments in criminal law and procedure, family law, judicial discretion, judicial ethics and sentencing; rule on evidence more confidently; make fair and unbiased decisions; and interact with the media in a positive manner.
The skills learned in this course provide a basis for participants to communicate and listen more effectively in their courtrooms. Participants also learned about various types of problem solving courts, including mental health courts and drug courts.
The National Judicial College was founded in 1963 and is the nation’s leading provider of judicial education. The NJC is housed in a state-of-the-art building on the historic 255-acre campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.
For more than 45 years, the NJC has been offering courses to improve judicial productivity, challenge current perceptions of justice and inspire judges to achieve judicial excellence. With courses held onsite, across the nation and around the world, the NJC offers an average of 90 courses annually with more than 3,000 judges enrolling from all 50 states, U.S. territories and more than 150 countries. Since it opened, the NJC has awarded more than 84,000 professional judicial education certificates.