Month: July 2024

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More Training Opportunities

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Hello Everyone!

We have a few more training opportunities over the next few weeks to share with you.

Make sure to scroll all the way to the bottom, so you don’t miss anything!

Online Addiction Response Training for Justice Professionals

All Rise is sharing a free training opportunity from the Addiction Policy Forum. Criminal Justice Responding to Addiction is a three-hour training designed to help justice professionals and organizations support their communities by increasing knowledge about addiction and developing response skills and strategies. The training is on Friday, July 26 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Central, and a certificate for continuing education credit will be available. Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WXdq6_TzTmG71N5n2oC9HA#/registration

Fairness Challenge Pilot Program

Do you want to make your court more fair for the litigants that you serve? You may want to join the LaGratta Consulting’s Fairness Challenge Pilot Project. They are looking for courts to join in a 9-month project to increase fairness in their court. This is a great opportunity to receive assistance both virtually and in-person from nationally recognized court experts. More information about the project can be found here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d260fabfdbd0000011668cb/t/669539eeb7411f4b39b9962b/1721055726053/Pilot+Site+Announcement%2C+Fairness+Challenge+Pilot+7.15.2024.pdf

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Courses

August 7, 2024, online webinar: “Harnessing Technology to Monitor Substance Use in Impaired Driving Cases”

November 4 – 7, 2024, in-person course, Reno, NV; “The Traffic Case: A Course for Nonlawyer Judges”

December 4, 2024, online webinar: “Impaired Driving 2024: What’s New?”

Visit the NJC website at http://www.judges.org for registration information and for a full list of the NJC’s courses.

Constable Corner

Are you looking for online training updates? Lexipol offers a great number of free webinars and other resources for law enforcement. These resources are a great compliment to your civil process training from TJCTC, as they cover other topics that we do not teach and that may not always be available in-person for your offices.

Check out The Briefing from Lexipol for updates on new training.

 

Happy training!

-Thea & the TJCTC Team

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TJCTC Updates 7.24.2024

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This week’s update includes a virtual training opportunity, information about clerk testing, and reminders and help for judges to track their hours.

Webinar: Family Violence Update

*Tomorrow* July 25th from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Family violence directly affects approximately one-third of all Texans, and indirectly affects countless others. Justice courts are in a position to help stem the tide of domestic violence, and utilize various principles to prevent further violence against survivors, their families, and the community. Law and procedures are continually evolving, and the area of family violence is no different. In this session, the speaker will discuss family violence dynamics; the roles of both bond conditions and magistrate’s orders for emergency protection; legislative changes, including implementation of new uniform forms; and protective order reporting.

Registration: https://txstate.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_B9t_0sGRRXeITXeMLc2gDQ#/registration

Summer Clerk Testing

Registration opens July 24th (TODAY!) for the Summer round of clerk testing. TJCTC will accept registrations from July 24th to August 14th. If you register during that period, you can take the exam between August 1st and August 30th. Visit our clerk certification page for more information: https://www.tjctc.org/court-personnel/clerk-certification-program.html

Judicial Education Hours Due August 31st

JP judicial education hours are due August 31st. Visit our Justice of the Peace overview page for requirements: https://www.tjctc.org/justices-of-the-peace.html

To find out how many hours you have completed, log-in to your student account and view your transcript. After you have logged in, select “My Enrollment History” and “Print Transcript” to view.

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

-Thea & the TJCTC Team

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Supreme Court Issued Emergency Order for Hurricane Affected Areas

Hello Everyone,

Late Friday afternoon, the Texas Supreme Court issued an emergency order, allowing justice courts in Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Matagorda, and Montgomery counties to extend deadlines if their office has been disrupted by the hurricane.

On Monday, July 15, 2024, an amended order was issued adding Brazoria County.

Please note, these deadline extensions could also impact the timelines for constable service in those counties, so constables should work with their courts to make sure service is proper and on the correct extended timeline.

You can read the order on the Texas Courts website: https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1458878/249042.pdf 

The TJCTC Team

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TJCTC Updates 7.9.2024

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Hello Everyone,

We hope you are all having a great time taking some much-needed time off this summer and spending time with family and friends.

The TJCTC Team had a great time seeing many of you at the end of June in Fort Worth at the JPCA Conference and look forward to seeing you at one of our programs later this summer or in our next academic year. How is it almost time to release the new training schedule?!

Are you near El Paso? The DWI Summit on Thursday still has space!

July 11, 2024 at the Marriott El Paso

1600 Airway Blvd

El Paso, TX 79925

The DWI Summit brings judicial education to smaller communities around the state. Come learn about:

  • Case Law Updates (including mandatory traffic fines)
  • Pre-trial issues
  • Ignition Interlock
  • Occupational driver’s licenses

The program is open to County Judges, County Court at Law Judges, District Judges and Justices of the Peace. Programs begin at 10 a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. All attendees will receive 4 hours of continuing judicial education. Lunch is provided.

Email Holly Doran at hollyd@yourhonor.com if you are interested.

Legal Feature: Eviction Appeals

We often get questions about eviction appeals, especially about payment of rent into the court registry and the transfer from justice court to county court. Because of this, we wanted to spotlight a self-paced module on the topic. Check out the Eviction Appeals Module, especially Lesson 4, for a review on the process.

You can find the module on the TJCTC Self-Paced Module page: https://www.tjctc.org/onlinelearning/selfpacedmodules.html

We hope this email found you well, and keep an eye out for a summer caselaw update coming your way soon!

Thea & the TJCTC Team

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