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FY17 REGIONAL CLERKS SEMINAR

March 6-8, 2017
Crowne Plaza Dallas Galleria - Addison
14315 Midway Rd | Addison, TX 75001 | 972.980.8877

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Seminar Agenda

Day 1 - March 6, 2017

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Prep Session: Ready, Set, Test!

Level I: Dianna Faulkenberry, Court Administrator, City of Decatur
Co-Facilitator: Shelia Roach, Deputy Clerk, City of Canyon

Level II: Yolanda Kvaal, Deputy Clerk, City of Frisco
Co-Facilitator: Jennifer Bozorgnia, Court Services Coordinator. City of Irving

Day 2 - March 7, 2017

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements
8:10 - 9:20 a.m.	Toward the Goal of Justice: Procedural Fairness and Public Confidence Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City of Friendswood DOJ Letter
9:20 - 9:35 a.m.	Break
9:35 - 10:45 a.m.	Texas Department of Public Safety Update* Melissa Eager, Program Supervisor III, Department of Public Safety Amy Calhoun, Program Supervisor III, Conviction Reporting, Department of Public Safety
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Dissecting the Citation Ashley McSwain, Court Administrator, Van Alstyne
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

	FUNDAMENTALS	COURT WORKSHOPS	Court Issues
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.	Pennies & Paper Pigs: Taking Payments Melissa Pace, Client Liaison/Business Development, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott, LLP	Exploring Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Biases Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake	Data Miners & Open Records Robin Ramsay, Presiding Judge, City of Denton
2:05 - 2:50 p.m.	Insurance Laws* Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson	Indigence in a Box: Charts, Checklists, and Forms Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake	Making Sense of the License: Currect Driver's License Issues* Matt Dixon, Prosecutor, City of Arlington
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.	The Court Abides: Penalties & Punishments* Jennifer Bozorgnia, Court Services Coordinator	Managing, Retaining, and Destroying Records (3:05 p.m. – 5 p.m.) Joshua Clark, Government Information Analyst, Texas State Library and Archives	Community Service* Tracie Glaeser, Program Coordinator, TMCEC Community Service Calculator
4:05 - 5:00 p.m.	Certification: This is a Test – It’s Only a Test! Debbie Landrum, Court Administrator, City of Little Elm		Courts Making Their Communities Safer* Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC

Day 3 - March 8, 2017

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	Beyond the Day to Day Carol Gauntt, Judge, City of Weatherford	Data Security: Getting the Court Back Online+ Casey Kennedy, Director, Information Services, Office of Court Administration
9:10 - 9:30 a.m.	Certification & Clerk Program Update
9:30 - 10:30 a.m.	Language and the Law Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:50 - 12:00 noon	Beyond Lessons Learned: Addressing Change in Municipal Court Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Special Topics Session Focus: Fines, Fees, and Costs Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC	Certification Exam Levels I, II, III Proctor: Lisa Howard, Court Administrator, City of Hurst

*Indicates TxDOT Traffic Safety Grant Related Curriculum
+ Indicates curriculum with a focus on court security
# Indicates a shared track open to both clerks and judges