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AY 2019 Tyler Judges Agenda

October 24-26, 2018
Holiday Inn South Broadway
5701 South Broadway | Tyler, TX 75703 | 903.561.5800

 
Seminar Agenda

Day 1 -  October 24, 2018

12:00 - 5:00 p.m. Registration
  SPECIAL SESSION: MUNICIPAL COURT FOUNDATIONS#
1:00 - 2:10 p.m.
Authorities and Duties (.25 hours ethics)
Robby Chapman, Director of Clerk Education & Program Attorney, TMCEC
2:25 - 3:35 p.m. DSC and Deferred*
Stewart Milner, Chief Judge, City of Arlington

3:50 - 5:00 p.m.
Overview of Trial Processes
Michael Acuna, Judge, City of Dallas

Day 2 - October 25, 2018

6:45 - 7:50 a.m. Registration and Breakfast 
8:00 - 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Announcements
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
8:10 - 9:30 a.m.

Case Law Update (.25 hours ethics)
Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
9:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Break
9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
Procedural Justice, Part I (1 hour ethics)
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge, City of College Station
10:45 - 11:00 a.m.

Break
11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Procedural Justice, Part II (1 hour ethics)
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge, City of College Station
12:00 - 12:50 p.m. Lunch
  CURRENT ISSUES COURT PROCESSES SAFETY AND OUTREACH
1:00 - 1:55 p.m.

Resilience in Court: Coping with Stress, Change, and Routine
Ed Spillane, Presiding Judge, City of College Station
Civil Enforcement
Ryan Henry, Prosecutor, City of Hollywood Park

Sovereign Defendants (.25 hours ethics)
Robert Barfield, Judge, City of El Lago
2:05 - 2:55 p.m.
Human Trafficking
Angela Downes, Associate Judge, City of Glenn Heights
Chronology of a Class C Case
Timothy Kirwin, Alternate Judge, City of Hedwig Village
  
3:05 - 3:55 p.m. Opioids*
Katie Sherman, Opioid Treatment Expert, Texas Health and Human Services

Discovery
Rodney Adams, Presiding Judge, City of Irving

Are You Protecting Court? The Court Security Committee+
Robin Ramsay, Presiding Judge, City of Denton
4:05 - 5:00 p.m. Scenarios VIII: Free Speech Edition (.25 hours ethics)
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC
Managing Motions (.25 hours ethics)
Rose Zamora, Presiding Judge, City of New Braunfels
New Tools for Promoting Safety*
Elizabeth De La Garza, TxDOT Grant Administrator, TMCEC
Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC

Day 3 - October 26, 2018

6:45 - 7:50 a.m. Breakfast
8:00 - 8:55 a.m. Family Violence Reporting
Kimberly Piechowiak, Domestic Violence Resource Attorney, Office of Court Administration

8:55 - 9:10 a.m.

 Break
9:10 - 10:05 a.m. Stop, Cop, & Roll*
Ned Minevitz, TxDOT Grant Administrator & Program Attorney, TMCEC 

10:05 - 10:20 a.m.

 Break

10:20 - 11:15 a.m.

 CDL
Cass Callaway, Presiding Judge, City of Hutchins
11:15 - 11:30 a.m.

Break
11:30 - 12:00 noon

Endnote: Takeaways for 2019 (.25 hours ethics)
Mark Goodner, Deputy Counsel & Director of Judicial Education, TMCEC

* 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

Note on CLE:
If you are seeking CLE credit, rather than taking the judicial exemption, please see TMCEC Registration Desk regarding payment of the voluntary CLE fee.
 
CLE Credit:
Day 1: 3.75 hours; Day 2: 6.75 hours; Day 3: 3.5 hours
14 hours = all sessions on 3 days, including special sessions
10.5 hours = special sessions on Day 1 and 8-5 on Day 2
10.25 hours = 8-5 on Day 2 and 8-12 on Day 3
6.75 hours = 8-5 on Day 2

Total Potential Ethics: 3.5 hours

Note on Judicial Education Credit:
16 hours = all sessions on all 3 days
12 hours = 8-5 on Day 2 and 8-12 on Day 3 OR 1-5 on Day 1
8 hours = 8-5 on Day 2

Judges with less than two years of judicial education credit with TMCEC must attend the entire 16-hour program