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Causes: Administration of Justice, Crime & Law
Mission: To promote, preserve, and support the grand jury system through training, education, and outreach.
Programs: Educational programs, general/other: cgja's annual 2-day regional and on site training progtams for new grand jurors, foreperson workshops and report writing workshops conducted by all volunteer trainers, has trained about 13,082 jurors since 2000. Frand jurors from 54 of the 58 counties in ca have received training that complies with the mandates of california penal code 914. Cgja trained approximately 1,382 jurors in 2017.
educational programs, general/other: as a resource to all those grand jurors and others interested in california's unique regular grand jury system, cgja publishes a bi-monthly newsletter distributed to cgja membership, judges, grand juries, and court staff. (2,700 mailings per year). Cgja also maintains a web site.
educational programs, general/other: cgja holds an annual conference at various locations throughout california. Seaside was the site of the 2017 conference. This annual event is another effort to educate cgja members, the public, seated grand jurors, court personnel and judges on issues relevant to california's grand jury system. This is also an ooportunity to coordinate communications between cgja, local courts, and the juries.