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As the largest university-based local government training, advisory, and research organization in the United States, the School of Government serves more than 12,000 public officials each year. The mission of the School of Government is to improve the lives of North Carolinians by engaging in practical scholarship that helps public officials and citizens understand and improve state and local government. Our podcasts support this mission. The School is nonpartisan, policy-neutral and responsive.

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Update frequency: every 14 days
Average duration: 30 minutes
Episodes: 99
Years Active: 2016 - 2025

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Season 02, Episode 06: Obtaining Permanency

In this last episode, you’ll learn about permanent outcomes for the family and child, with a discussion of two opposite outcomes: a child’s reunification with his/her parents and the child’s adoption…

00:31:30 | Thu 26 Jan 2017

The Child’s Voice in Court: The Role of the Guardian ad Litem

We’re back with Episode 5, “The Child’s Voice in Court: The Role of the Guardian ad Litem,” for our Beyond the Bench Season 2 podcast. In this episode, we take a break from our court cases to focus o…

00:41:01 | Thu 12 Jan 2017

Season 02, Episode 04: The Case Plan – In and Out of Court

At the end of our last episode, one of our two cases ended when the court dismissed it after concluding the child was not neglected. But in our other case, the case where the children were living wit…

00:37:15 | Thu 15 Dec 2016

Season 02, Episode 03: The Trial: Adjudicating Neglect

In this episode, through interviews with district court judges, a county department of social services attorney and a parent attorney, we will talk about the hearing where the court decides if the ch…

00:24:36 | Fri 02 Dec 2016

Season 02 Episode 02: The System Responds

In today’s episode, through interviews with county department social workers and attorney, the state Guardian ad litem program, a parent attorney, and district court judges, we’ll discuss how the cou…

00:31:33 | Fri 18 Nov 2016

S02 Episode 01: Without a Home

In today’s episode, through interviews with homeless shelter providers and district court judges, we’ll talk about what homelessness looks like, whether it’s neglect and whether you need to make a re…

00:30:05 | Fri 04 Nov 2016

S02 Episode 00: Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond the Bench

Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond the Bench, a podcast by the NC Judicial College at the UNC School of Government. Season 2 tells the story of homelessness, neglect and the child welfare system in NC. Du…

00:02:37 | Mon 31 Oct 2016

S01 Episode 05: Anne Precythe on Community Corrections

During the final episode of Season 1, faculty member Jamie Markham interviews the North Carolina Director of Community Corrections Anne Precythe. She talks about what is was like when she first start…

00:33:57 | Tue 06 Sep 2016

S01 Episode 04: Shea Denning on DWI and Jamie Markham on Absconding from Probation

Faculty member Shea Denning explores the procedures and punishments associated with impaired driving and ponders their effectiveness in addressing the DWI problem. In the second segment, host Jeff We…

00:36:22 | Mon 22 Aug 2016

S01 Episode 03: Judge Carl Fox

In this episode we talk with North Carolina Superior Court Judge Carl Fox. Before becoming a judge, Fox was the first African American district attorney in the state. We talk about his life, work, an…

00:27:48 | Mon 08 Aug 2016

S01 Episode 02: Chris McLaughlin on Social Media for Judges and Lawyers and Frayda Bluestein on Body Cameras and Public Records

First, we talk with faculty member Chris McLaughlin and learn about the ethics rules that limit how lawyers and judges use social media. Next, faculty member Frayda Bluestein answers the question: do…

00:23:52 | Mon 25 Jul 2016

S01 Episode 02: Chris McLaughlin on Social Media for Judges and Lawyers & Frayda Bluestein on Body Cameras and Public Records

First, we talk with Chris McLaughlin and learn about the ethics rules that limit how lawyers and judges use social media. Then, Frayda Bluestein answers the question, do recordings made by body camer…

00:24:46 | Mon 25 Jul 2016

S01 Episode 01: Mary Ann Tally on the Court System and Shea Denning on Distracted Driving

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