RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Twenty new judges from across the country are in Reno this week to learn what it takes to preside over a juvenile and family court.
The Institute for New Juvenile and Family Court Judges is a semiannual program that trains and educates judges who are new to the bench or returning to the juvenile and family court division.
Judge Gayl Branum Carr, the program lead and former president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, said law schools rarely cover the complex, sensitive issues family court judges face daily. She said the program works to fill those gaps…