Manglona completes course at National Judicial College

Superior Court associate judge Ramona V. Manglona has completed the Managing Complex Litigation course held recently at The National Judicial College, according to a statement released by the college.

This course is designed to assist judges in identifying cases that require extraordinary management efforts and the ethical ramifications that such complex cases present.

Managing Complex Litigation teaches participants the resources necessary to manage complex cases effectively and efficiently; pre-trial procedures that will assist in keeping control of the courtroom and the pace of a case; the advantages and disadvantages of state and federal coordination and the procedure to effectively coordinate complex cases; and the tools to manage juries, witnesses and exhibits as well as opening and closing arguments during a complex case.

For more than 40 years, The National Judicial College has been the premier provider of judicial education and professional development for the nation’s judiciary as well as for judges from other countries. Providing judges with the tools and knowledge they need to serve fair and impartial justice is the mission of the College.

Since 1963, The National Judicial College has awarded more than 68,000 professional judicial education certificates. The College offers an average 60 courses annually with more than 2,7000 judges enrolling from across the nation and around the world. The NJC is the country’s leading judicial education and training institution and is located on the historic 255-acre campus of the University of Nevada, Reno.

The National Judicial College’s chief objective is to improve justice through national programs of education and training directed toward judicial proficiency, competency, skills and productivity. The University of Nevada, Reno, and the College are among the first institutions to ennoble the pursuit of judicial education by creating Master’s and Ph.D. of Judicial Studies degree programs. Due to its national prominence and outstanding faculty, the NJC is also resource for media seeking insight into current judicial issues.

The NJC houses technology-enhanced classrooms, a 75,000-volume law library, a state-of-the-art model courtroom, modern seminar rooms, distance education facilities, a computer lab and the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Courts and Media. The College also offers numerous international programs and is home to the National Tribal Judicial Center. The College has an appointed 18-member Board of Trustees and all of the faculty hours are donated. The NJC became a Nevada not-for-profit (501)(c)(3) educational corporation on January 1, 1978. Please visit the NJC website at www.judges.org. (PR)