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Court Leadership Institute of Arizona (CLIA)

The membership of the Leadership Institute committee believes that great education helps develop great leaders.  With this philosophy at the forefront, the Leadership Institute annually recognizes those educators who make significant contributions to the advancement of leadership education in the Arizona courts.  Faculty teams, faculty individuals, and those subject matter experts who develop curriculum have all been recipients of the Excellence in Education award from the Leadership Institute.

Nomination and Voting Process:

Any participant who attends a Leadership Institute program may nominate a faculty team or individual or a subject matter expert for the award.  The entire Leadership Institute committee reviews the Excellence in Education Award nominations at the June meeting.  The committee studies evaluations of the classes for which the faculty was nominated, discusses the attributes of the nominees and votes to determine the award recipients. The Leadership Institute committee sends the nominations for the Excellence in Education Award to the COJET committee for its approval.  The Leadership Institute committee chair presents the Excellence in Education Award to the winners at the annual Court Leadership Conference.

2015 Excellence in Education Award Winners:

Alexis Allen, Deputy Court Administrator, Tempe Municipal Court, Summer Dalton, Manager with the Court Services Division of the AOC, Sharon Yates, Deputy Court Administrator at the Superior Court in Coconino County, and Joshua Halversen, Court Administrator at the Superior Court in Graham County are the Excellence in Education award winners for 2015.

(L-R) Joshua Halversen, Summer Dalton, Alexis Allen,

Don Jacobson (CLIA Chair), Sharon Yates
Excellence in Education Category: Leadership Education

Excellence in Education Award Winner – Lifetime Achievement

Judicial Staff Education Committee (JSEC)

Judicial Staff Education Committee (JSEC) recognizes outstanding trainers and curriculum developers for Arizona's judicial employees by honoring those who have demonstrated dedication and commitment to excellence in promoting judicial continuing education across the state.  These individuals are recognized at the annual Training Coordinator Conference.

Nomination and Voting Process:

Nominations can be submitted at any time during the year. The submission deadline is December 31. The calendar year's nominations are considered in January of the following year.  Once the nominations are collected, all identifying nominees’ information is redacted. The edited submissions are presented to a sub-committee of JSEC for review and voting. The selected nominations are submitted to Committee on Judicial Education and Training (COJET) for approval.

2014 Excellence in Education Award Winners:

Congratulations to this year’s winners of the COJET Excellence in Education Award: Scott Kirshner from the Phoenix Municipal Court, and Steve Weston (retired), from the Clerk of Court in Maricopa County who were chosen by the Committee on Judicial Education and Training (COJET), and the Judicial Staff Education Committee (JSEC) for their exceptional delivery of training during calendar year 2014.

Awards were presented by Judge Andrew Gould, COJET Chair and Jeff Schrade, Director-Education Services at an awards luncheon held at the recent 2015 Training Coordinator Conference.  On behalf of the members of COJET, the JSEC and judicial employees statewide, we congratulate these individuals on their commitment to supporting continuing education within the Arizona Court System.

Judge Andrew Gould, Scott Krishner, Jeff Schrade, Steve Weston (not pictured)