Texas Municipal Courts
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San Antonio

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FY17 REGIONAL CLERKS SEMINAR

January 9 -11, 2017
Omni San Antonio at the Colonnade
9821 Colonnade Blvd | San Antonio, TX 78230 | 210-691-8888

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Seminar Agenda

Day 1 - January 9, 2017

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Special Topics Session
Focus: Fines, Fees, and Costs

- Effective Practices for Courts
- Written Documentation
- Where Are We Heading?

Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel and Director of Education, TMCEC
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel and Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

Day 2 - January 10, 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 Timothy Preece, DRP Program Administrator, Department of Public Safety
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Tickets are for Concerts: Dissecting the Citation* Ryan Henry, Attorney At Law, The Law Office of Ryan Henry, PLLC
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

	FUNDAMENTALS	COURT WORKSHOPS	Court Issues
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.	Pennies & Paper Pigs: Taking Payments Rhonda Kuehn, Court Administrator, City of Brenham	Exploring Attitudes, Stereotypes, and Biases Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake	Data Miners & Open Records Laura Mueller, Associate Attorney, Bojorquez Law Firm
2:05 - 2:50 p.m.	Insurance Laws* Fred Garcia, Clerk of the Court, City of San Antonio	Indigence in a Box: Charts, Checklists, and Forms Leah Huff, Former Court Administrator, City of Southlake	Making Sense of the License: Current Driver's License Issues* Esmeralda Pena Garcia, Associate Judge, City of Houston
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.	The Court Abides: Penalties & Punishments* Bianca Bentzin, Chief Prosecutor, City of Austin	Managing, Retaining, and Destroying Records (3:05 p.m. – 5 p.m.)	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 - January 11, 2017

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	Judged by Your Words: Language and The Law Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC	Data Security: Getting the Court Back Online+# Casey Kennedy, Director, Information Services, Office of Court Administration
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.	Qeustions Answered TMCEC Attorneys	Beyond the Day to Day: Additional Activity Reporting⁺ Hilda Cuthbertson, Consultant, Bojorquez Law Firm
10:05 - 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 - 10:50 a.m.	Certification & Clerk Program Update Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
10:50 - 12:00 noon	Beyond Lessons Learned: Addressing Change in Municipal Court Mary Jane Grubb, Court Clerk, City of Austin
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Clerk Certification Testing Administrator: Tracie Glaeser, Program Coordinator, TMCEC

*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