What are the Five Biggest Issues Facing Young Workers Today?

December 17, 2024, Court Leader’s Advantage Podcast Episode

Brought to You in Cooperation with the National Association for Court Management

This month and in January we’re looking at the 5 biggest issues and the 5 biggest opportunities facing young workers today. This month we will consider the five biggest issues which include:

Work-Life Balance

Job Security

Mental Health & Well-Being

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI)

Career Development & Growth Opportunities

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Today’s Moderator

Erika Schmid is the Judicial Clerk Supervisor at Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon. She started as a legal assistant at a public defense office and began her journey at the courthouse by being a judicial clerk. Erika was introduced to NACM very quickly upon becoming a supervisor as she attended the Minneapolis mid-year conference in 2023, just two months after she started her new position.

Going to this NACM conference opened her eyes to all the wonderful possibilities of being involved in the court system and she quickly joined the Early Career Professionals committee meetings to learn more and make connections.

Today’s Panel

Courtney Whiteside is passionately dedicated to providing the citizens of Missouri with a fair and unbiased judiciary through education and collaboration with the other branches of government, our community and national partners and providing our judicial staff with the tools to be successful in this fast-paced environment.

Her journey in the judiciary started in 2012 in her hometown of St. Charles, Missouri as a court clerk then taking her to Jefferson City to work with the Office of State Courts Administrator and on to the Missouri Supreme Court to serve as the state’s municipal division courts monitor.

Today Courtney is the Director of the St. Louis County Municipal Division where she continues to pursue providing educational opportunities to municipal divisions and clerks through various committees and educational groups of the state while promoting cultural and procedural reform progression. It is her great honor to partner with judicial partners in Missouri and across the nation.

Samantha Wallis is the Assistant Court Administrator for the District Court, in Coeur d’Alene Idaho. Samantha grew up in Idaho, where she attended the University of Idaho to obtain her B.S. in Anthropology. She went on to obtain her M.S. in International Relations at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

She has worked for the courts since 2017 where she is currently the Assistant Trial Court Administrator for the First Judicial District of Idaho.

Daniel Alejandro Meza Rincón has been a Deputy Juvenile Court Administrator for the State of Utah since the fall of 2020. Prior to this position he served as Clerk of Court in the Third District Juvenile Court for Salt Lake, Tooele and Summit counties. He began his career with the Utah State Courts in 2013 as a Judicial Services Representative, and has since also served both as a Judicial Assistant and Judicial Case Manager. Daniel is twice a University of Utah graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, and a Master’s in Public Administration.

Victoria Murray has been with the Judicial Branch of Maricopa County for 8 years, and is currently a Business Intelligence Analyst and Supervisor for the Superior Court. After spending a semester with the McCain Institute for leadership in Washington D.C, she graduated from Arizona State University with a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice in 2016; the same year she became a foster mother.