Texas Municipal Courts Education Center

Prosecutors

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FY14 Prosecutors Conference

 Course Information (Descriptions & Objectives)

Day 1

Day 2

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast and Registration
8:00 – 8:10 a.m.	Announcements
8:10 – 9:20 a.m.	Legislative Recap: The 83rd Legislative Session Katie Tefft, Assistant City Attorney, City of Houston
9:20 – 9:30 a.m.	Break
9:30 – 10:30 a.m.	Juvenile Justice Reform: From the School House to the Court House+ (.25 ethics hours) Mark Goodner, Program Attorney & Deputy Counsel, TMCEC
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 12:00 p.m.	Case Law and Attorney General Update*+ (.25 ethics hours) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
12:00 – 12:55 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.	Social Hosting Laws and Underage Drinking and Driving* Lauren Crawford, Associate Attorney, Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, PC

	TRACK A: FUNDAMENTALS	TRACK B: TRENDING
2:30 – 3:30 p.m.	Pre-Trial Motions: Is the State Ready? Katie Leininger, Associate City Attorney, City of Pearland	“Vaping in the Boys Room” Electronic Cigarettes and the Law Edward Spillane, Presiding Judge, College Station
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.	Can You Hear Me Now? The Law of Sound under State and Local Law Timothy Kirwin, Attorney, Randle Law Office Ltd., L.L.P.	Attack of the Drones: Illegal Use of Unmanned Aircraft in Texas Robby Chapman, Program Director, TMCEC

5:05 – 6:15 p.m.

Optional Debriefing Session TMCEC Staff

Day 3

6:45 – 7:50 a.m.	Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.	What the Michael Morton Act Means to Municipal and Justice Courts+ (1.0 ethics hours) Tom Bridges, Prosecutor, City of Portland
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.	Break
9:15 – 10:30 a.m.	DUI Enforcement and Alcohol Awareness* Eric Ransleben, Prosecutor, North Richland Hills
10:30 – 10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45 – 12:00 p.m.	Hanging with Mr. Cooper: The Criminalization of International Codes by Local Governments in Texas Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
12:00 p.m.	Adjourn

*Indicates curriculum funded by the Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives (MTSI) or Driving on the Right Side of the Road (DRSR) grant from the Texas Department of Transportation
+ Denotes course that shall be submitted for ethics MCLE credit.

Credit:
Up to 14.75 CLE
Up to 3.00 Ethics

Funded by a grant of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals