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FY17 REGIONAL CLERKS SEMINAR

April 3-5, 2017
Wyndham Garden Inn
3100 I-40 Frontage Rd. | Amarillo, TX 79102 | 806.358.6161

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Seminar Agenda

Day 1 - April 3, 2017

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Special Topics Session
Focus: Fines, Fees, and Costs

Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

Day 2 - April 4, 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 Sheila Roach, Deputy Clerk, City of Canyon DOJ Letter
9:20 - 9:35 a.m.	Break
9:35 - 10:45 a.m.	Texas Department of Public Safety Update* Amy Calhoun, Program Supervisor III, Conviction Reporting, Department of Public Safety Timothy Preece, DRP Program Administrator, Department of Public Safety
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Dissecting the Citation Ashley McSwain, Attorney, Messer, Rockefeller, and Fort - The Municipal Law Firm
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

	FUNDAMENTALS	COURT WORKSHOPS	Court Issues
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.	Pennies & Paper Pigs: Taking Payments Matt Freeman, Court Administrator, City of Freer	Exploring Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Biases Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake	Data Miners & Open Records Laura Mueller, Attorney, Bojorquez Law Firm
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	Courts Making Their Communities Safer* Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.	The Court Abides: Penalties & Punishments* Artin DerOhanian, Senior Associate Attorney, Law Office of Ryan Henry	Managing, Retaining, and Destroying Records (3:05 p.m. – 5 p.m.) Megan Carey, 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		Making Sense of the License: Current Driver's License Issues* Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson

Day 3 - April 5, 2017

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	Language and the Law Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney	Data Security: Getting the Court Back Online+ Casey Kennedy, Director, Information Services, Office of Court Administration
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.	Questions Answered TMCEC Attorneys	Beyond the Day to Day: Additional Activity Reporting Hilda Cuthbertson, Judge, City of Snook
10:05 - 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 - 10:50 a.m.	Beyond Lessons Learned: Addressing Change in Municipal Court Victoria Jaramillo Medley, Court Administrator, City of Amarillo
10:50 - 12:00 noon	Certification & Clerk Program Update Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Clerk Certification Testing Administrator: Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City of Friendswood

*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