Texas Municipal Courts
Education Center

Houston (with audio)

Click each icon in the agenda to download:

- Course Materials - Unavailable

AY18 Houston Clerks Agenda

February 11-13, 2018
Omni at Westside Houston
13210 Katy Freeway | Houston,TX 77079 | 281-558-8338

Full Course Materials

Seminar Agenda

Day 1

12:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Registration

1:00 - 5:00 p.m.

1:00- 2:00 p.m.
Mental Health: Obligated to Act
Danny Rodgers, Chief Judge, City of Fort Worth

2:15 - 5:00 p.m.
De-escalation⁺⁺Gary Teeler, Instructor, Focus on Reducing Impaired Driving Among Youth

4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Dealing with Special Populations
Charles Spain, Judge, City of Houston

Essential Teamwork In Dealing with the Media
Ben Holden, Professor, Department of Journalism, University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign College of Media

*Offered in conjunction with The National Judicial College. Pre-registration required and enrollment limited.

Preparation Courses 1:00-5:00p.m.

Level I:Christina Dahse, Court Administrator, City of Willis
Co-Facilitator: Fawn Mackey, Court Administrator, City of Sealy

Level II: Courtney Broussard, Clerk, City of Woodville
Co-Facilitator: Tammy Odom, Court Administrator, Texas City

Day 2

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 - 8:10 a.m.	Welcome and Announcements
8:10 - 9:20 a.m.	Keynote: From Under the Radar to Under the Microscope Pat Riffel, Court Administrator, City Friendswood
9:20 - 9:35 a.m.	Break
9:35 - 10:45 a.m.	Legislative Highlights+ Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.	Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.	Scenarios: Implementing SB 1913/HB 351 Mark Goodner, Deputy General Counsel & Director of Judicial Education
12:00 - 12:50 p.m.	Lunch

	FUNDAMENTALS	COURT WORKSHOPS	SHARED TRACK
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.	Administrative and Civil Cases in Municipal Court Ashley McSwain, Prosecutor, City of Murphy	Professional Communication Workshop Jaime Brew, Assistant Director of Finances & Court Services, City of Sugar Land	TABC Update* Victoria Jaramillo Medley, Court Administrator, City of Amarillo
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.	Citations & Complaints Revisited Matt Freeman, Court Administrator, City of Frisco		Expunctions* Esmeralda Garcia, Associate Presiding Judge, City of Houston
3:05 - 3:55 p.m.	Team Building & Leadership Workshop Team Building & Leadership Workshop Melissa Pace, Client Liaison/Business Development, Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott‚ LLP	Riding Dirty: The Truth About Motorcycles* Jude Schexnyder, TxDOT Traffic Safety Specialist, TxDOT	Small Court Solutions (.25 hours ethics) Bonnie Townsend, Court Administrator, City of Luling
4:05 - 5:00 p.m.		Domestic Violence Update Kimberly Piechowiak, Domestic Violence Resource Attorney, Office of Court Administration	Reaching Out to Your Community: Nuts, Bolts, and Resources* (.25 hours ethics) Liz De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC

Day 3

6:45 - 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m.	Creating a Language Access Plan (Interpreters) Riccardo Camera, Courtroom Operations Supervisor, City of Austin Brydan McNeely, Supervisor for the Front Counter, City of Austin	Questions Answered TMCEC Staff
9:10 - 10:05 a.m.	Local Rules & Standing Orders (.25 hours ethics) Jan Blacklock Matthews, Judge, City of Wilson	Media Relations: Media Jedi April Earley, Presiding Judge, City of Lufkin
10:05 - 10:20 a.m.	Break
10:20 - 11:15 a.m.	Walking Dead: Pedestrians & Impairment* Ned Minevitz, TXDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.	Break
11:30 - 12:00 p.m.	Endnote: Takeaways for FY18 Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
1:00 - 5:00 p.m.	Court Clerk Certification Test (Level I, II, III) Proctor: Rhonda Kuehn

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