Judicial Administration Certificate

Students can earn a Certificate in Judicial Administration by successfully completing a 12- unit, four-course sequence designed to cover the theoretical and practical aspects of court administration in the State of California.

Required Courses (12 units)

Course Delivery

Classes will be held at the Administrative Office of the Courts, Northern/Central Regional Office, 2860 Gateway Oaks Drive, Ste. 400, Sacramento, California 95833.

• The location of this class is easily accessible by car, air, train and bus.
  
• Two meetings per month on a Friday and Saturday, each day having six hours of instruction time, is the equivalent of a standard fourteen week graduate seminar (meeting weekly).
  
• Guest lectures featuring judicial and court administrative officers.

Admission Requirements

• Enrollment in the Sacramento State MPPA Program

OR

• The baccalaureate degree AND application for the Graduate Certificate in Judicial Administration AND determination that the application meets the eligibility criteria developed by the Department of Public Policy and Administration. Review of the application includes evaluation of submitted documentation:
  
  1. Transcripts
  2. Relevant work experience
  3. Statement of purpose
  4. Recommendation

Deadline is November 30.

Applications will be reviewed in the order they are completed.

Fees

Students enrolled in the certificate program can expect to pay part time graduate student fees if enrolled in 6 or fewer units. Please see the 2009/2010 University Fee schedule for details. (Fee schedule is updated annually and is subject to change.)

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