Training
Upcoming Webinars
September 29th : Managing Court Monitor Volunteers
In this webinar you'll learn strategies and techniques for recruiting, training, and managing court monitor volunteers. Special guests Tulsa Family Court Watch and the Legal Aid Justice Center of Virginia will discuss their innovative programs that use seniors and law students respectively to monitor the courts. Participants will receive sample applications, job descriptions, and screening materials.
October 12th: Introduction to Court Monitoring
This webinar is the perfect training for groups that are investigating the feasibility of establishing a court monitoring program. Topics include identifying staffing needs, evaluating court monitoring resources, assessing community support, defining cases and courts to be watched and initial funding strategies.
November 16th: Providing Feedback to Your Courts
This webinar will look at providing direct feedback, information and suggestions to criminal justice system staff. Should you call or write a judge? How do you tactfully tell a prosecutor when you think they could have handled something differently? What do you do when a clerk has been rude to a victim? Th webinar will offer concrete, practical advice appropriate for court monitoring program staff and volunteers as well as advocates and citizen groups.
All WATCH webinars run for one hour and are scheduled for 9:30am PST, 10:30am MST, 11:30am CST, and 12:30pm EST. Payment information above. Webinar descriptions and FAQ can be found here. Can't make the date? Contact us to schedule a one-on-one session.
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Guidebooks
Download one of our FREE guidebooks! These "how to" guides take you through a step-by-step process on one of WATCH's specific monitoring strategies.
Gaining Access to Your Courts and Court Records
Guide to Writing Case Summaries
Guide to Creating Defendant Chronologies
Guide to Creating a Judicial Candidate Forum
Tip Sheets
Check out these handy
1-page reference sheets.
The WATCH philosophy
Court monitoring basics
Tips on starting a court monitoring program
Funding your court monitoring program
Sample Forms and Reports
Need help creating your monitoring forms? Here are examples of WATCH's forms:
Basic Monitoring Form
Order for Protection Monitoring Form
Trial Monitoring Form
DV Court Form
Felony Arraignment Form
Sentencing Form
Probation Violation Form
View/download a WATCH report as a model you can replicate. WATCH staff are also available to present to you or your staff about our research topics. Call (612) 341-2747x 3 or e-mail.
Manuals
WATCH manuals provide over 200 pages of step-by-step information to help you grow and strengthen your program. Click for descriptions.
Developing a
Court Monitoring Program
Managing Court
Monitor Volunteers
Webinars
Learn about court monitoring from the comfort of your own office. WATCH provides webinar training on a wide variety of topics including:
Starting a court monitoring program
Managing court monitor volunteers
Providing feedback to your courts
Writing defendant chronologies
Specific training on monitor sexual assault cases,
family courts, and order for protection hearings
Contact Dawn Dougherty for more information or to schedule a webinar.

