2008 Annual Report - Superior Court of California - County of Los ...

Judicial Jeopardy
The Los Angeles Superior Court’s Education
Governing Committee encourages JES faculty to
be creative when approaching judicial education.
Commissioner Michele E. Flurer, assigned to the San
Pedro Courthouse, is among those who have taken
this recommendation to heart, wowing judicial officers with a Jeopardy-style game.
The commissioner, who came to the Court in June 2006, created the game in PowerPoint as
a presentation for a faculty development course. Besides her duties on the bench,
Commissioner Flurer trains judicial officers who have been reassigned to handle traffic cases
but haven’t heard those cases in two or more years.
Her version of the Jeopardy game focuses on five areas of Traffic Court: fines, arraignments,
trials, sentencing and trial by declaration. Commissioner Flurer already was familiar with
PowerPoint but received additional pointers from her then-12-year-old son and Eddie Davis of
the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Following its popular debut, the game has been requested at several other training events,
including a faculty summit on new technology that was held at AOC headquarters in May in
San Francisco.
Commissioner Flurer said the game can be adapted to teach any subject and has acted as a
“great ice breaker” during training sessions. Other judicial officers have asked for copies to
create their own versions.
“Judges and commissioners are very competitive,” she said.
Of course, part of the allure might be the prizes. … Winners receive See’s chocolates.
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