Motions Practice for Juvenile Court | Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

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Motions Practice for Juvenile Court

Presenter: Susan L. Kay, Esq. Associate Dean for Experiential Education, Clinical Professor of Law, Vanderbilt Law School

This training will review the types of motions that are filed most frequently in Juvenile Court in Tennessee, how to draft motions and memoranda for court, and how to effectively present during a hearing on a motion.

This course has been approved for 1.0 hour of general CLE.

Distance Learning courses require that the participant complete the registration and training pre-test, view the video presentation in its entirety, and then complete the post-test and CLE request form.

Partial credit is not given for distance learning courses
An attorney may take each course only one time for CLE credit.

To continue, complete the registration form below, answer the pre-test questions and click on "SUBMIT". You will be directed to the video presentation.

Should you have any issues with the training, please contact the CIP Administrative Assistant at cipadminassistant@tncourts.gov

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CLE credit for Distance Learning courses is based on both content and time spent viewing the course. In order to receive CLE credit for the course, I must complete and submit the training pre-test, view the course in its entirety, and complete the training post-test with the CLE submission request. (The CIP can monitor the amount of time spent on viewing the course. Partial CLE credit will not be submitted.) Please initial below to acknowledge the viewing requirement.

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TRAINING PRE-TEST

Please provide the appropriate answer to the following questions.

1. Which of the following is NOT one of Lewis Rice's five tips for motions practice?

a. Be Selective

b. Be Focused

c. Be Concise

d. Be Patient

2. Professor Kay instructs that motions should be written in an active voice. Label the following sentences as active or passive.

a. A voice was heard.

a. Active

b. Passive

b. John heard a voice.

a. Active

b. Passive

3. Fill inthe blank:

A motion in ____________ is a motion filed by a party asking the court for an order or ruling limiting or preventing certain evidence from being presented by the other side at the trial of the case. It is usually filed before trial.