MASSACHUSETTS
TRIAL COURT REPRESENTATIVES PARTICIPATE
IN THE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE IN JUDICIAL EDUCATION
Boston--A five-member team
from the Massachusetts Trial Court participated in the Leadership
Institute in Judicial Education 2003 held at the University
of Memphis from June 10 through June 15, 2003. Suffolk
Juvenile Court Clerk-Magistrate Donna M. Ciampoli of South
Boston; Probate and Family Court Judge Edward F. Donnelly,
Jr. of Maynard; Franklin/Hampshire Counties Juvenile Court
Chief Probation Officer Edward A. Driscoll of Florence; Superior
Court Judge Robert J. Kane of South Dartmouth; and Director
of Judicial Education Ellen M. O’Connor of Shrewsbury attended
the program.
The Leadership Institute in Judicial
Education introduces learning styles and the use of the
experiential learning cycle into the designing of judicial
branch education programs and into the teaching methods
used in individual courses, and explores an assortment
of models of development, including learning styles, life
cycle, and cognitive development. The
Institute also facilitates the understanding of the role
of learning in these areas of development, and promotes
an appreciation of the need for court personnel who are
highly developed, both professionally and personally, in
judicial branch education, in the judiciary, in the courts,
and in society.
Tuition and travel expenses for judges
and court personnel were fully funded by the State Justice
Institute (SJI), a non-profit organization established
by Federal law to award grants to improve the quality of
justice in State courts nationwide, facilitate better coordination
between State and Federal courts, and foster innovative,
efficient solutions to common problems faced by all courts. More information about the State Justice Institute is available
on the SJI web site (http://www.statejustice.org).
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