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1 1 TEXAS JUSTICE COURT TRAINING CENTER FY17 Justice of the Peace & Court Personnel REGISTRATION BROCHURE TJCTC is an educational endeavor of the Justices of the Peace and Constables Association Funded by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and Affiliated with Texas State University 1

BUDGET & OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE JUDGE PHILLIP MONTGOMERY President, JPCA CONST. CARLOS LOPEZ President-Elect, JPCA JUDGE DAVID COBOS 2nd Vice President, JPCA CONST.

2 BUDGET & OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE JUDGE PHILLIP MONTGOMERY President, JPCA CONST. CARLOS LOPEZ President-Elect, JPCA JUDGE DAVID COBOS 2nd Vice President, JPCA CONST. DWAIN READ 3rd Vice President, JPCA CONST. CHAD JORDAN Secretary/Treasurer, JPCA JUDGE JACKIE MILLER Judge Advocate, JPCA CONST. RICHARD COFFMAN Sergeant-at-Arms, JPCA JUDGE BECKY KERBOW Chair, Justice of the Peace Education Committee CONST. WAYNE DOC PIERCE Chair, Constable Education Committee JUDGE SUZAN THOMPSON Chair, Court Personnel Education Committee CONST. LARRY GALLARDO Past President, JPCA THEA WHALEN Executive Director RANDALL SAROSDY General Counsel BRONSON TUCKER Director of Curriculum JENNIFER MORALES Program Administrator LAURA VILLARREAL Registrar TJCTC STAFF ANGIE VARELA Associate Director GABE AYSON Accountant JESSICA FOREMAN Program Administrator HEATHER HIDALGO Program Administrator JEFF GRAJEK Technical Support WELCOME Welcome to a new education year! The Texas Justice Court Training Center is excited to offer you a terrific lineup of courses. The education committees, TJCTC staff, and faculty worked tirelessly to make sure you will be receiving valuable information. This year, we modified our training to include some 3-hour courses to give the instructors enough time to cover important material. None of this would be possible without the continuous support of the Justices of the Peace and Constables Association and the Court of Criminal Appeals. We are also grateful for the volunteer faculty who provide their knowledge and time. We hope that our conferences will offer you an opportunity to gain knowledge and participate in the fellowship that our conferences often bring. CONTENTS Sincerely, Thea Whalen TJCTC Executive Director Rules of Judicial Education & JP Seminars...4 Justice of the Peace Seminar Schedule..5 Court Personnel Seminars..6 New Clerk Schedule.7 Experienced Clerk Schedule..8 Workshops....9 Webinars Registration Information

Then Jennifer Morales, Program Administrator for Court Personnel Programs, is at your service. Contact Jennifer via email at jnm91@txstate.edu.

3 3 Justice of the Peace Contact Do you have a question regarding your continuing education hours? Contact Jessica Foreman, Program Administrator for Justice of the Peace Programs at jessforeman@txstate.edu. Court Personnel Contact Do you have a question regarding your hotel room? Then Jennifer Morales, Program Administrator for Court Personnel Programs, is at your service. Contact Jennifer via at jnm91@txstate.edu. ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SERVICES Important Dates Early Clerk Registration opens for some clerks September 20, See page 7 for details. Clerk Registration opens September 22, JP Registration opens September 27, Workshop Registration opens for everyone September 29, Registration & Database For any inquiries regarding registration (i.e., waiting lists, payments, and class changes) and database related questions (i.e., new employees and passwords), please contact our Registrar, Laura Villarreal, at (512) or via at lv13@txstate.edu. Webinar Registration is currently open for The academic year runs from September 1, 2016 through August 31, Judges must meet their mandated hour requirement within that timeframe. Helpful Information New Judges must attend 80 hours of new judges training before attending any other TJCTC seminar or workshop. To get signed up for new judge training, contact TJCTC as soon as possible at (512) or via at jessforeman@txstate.edu. Legislative Updates will take place in the summer of You can only sign up for one seminar at one time, but sign up for as many workshops and webinars as you d like. Registration is not complete until payment is received

4 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SEMINAR INFORMATION FY2017 Judicial Education Requirements Newly elected or appointed Judges You will need to attend 80 hours of new judges training. Please notify TJCTC of your appointment or election. 2nd year Judges 2nd year Judges who are not attorneys must attend 20 hours of training from TJCTC. Non-Attorney Judges You must receive 10 civil hours through TJCTC. You have the option to complete your remaining hours through an approved entity outside of TJCTC. See the Rules of Judicial Education for a list of preapproved training entities. Attorney Judges After attending 80 hours of new judges training, you may use CLE credits toward your yearly education requirement. Types of TJCTC Judicial Education 20 & 16 Hour Seminars 2.5 day seminars covering the full education requirements. Judges may opt for the 16-hour seminar and attend only two days of training. The final four hours can be completed by attending a webinar or workshop. Please note that the 16-hour option includes a 2-night stay. $150 registration fee + nightly hotel surcharge. Webinars Live webinars are provided throughout the year. 4 webinar hours can count toward the mandated 20 hours. However, webinars cannot count for civil hours. Webinars are free of charge. Workshops Based on specific topics, 10-hour workshops take place around the state. $100 registration fee + nightly hotel surcharge. For more information, see JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SEMINAR SCHEDULE LOCATION DATE RATE PER NIGHT SAN LUIS RESORT Galveston OMNI CORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi OMNI SOUTHPARK Austin HILTON LAKEFRONT HOTEL Rockwall OVERTON HOTEL Lubbock December 4-7, 2016 January 29 - February 1, 2017 February 28 - March 3, 2017 April 23-26, 2017 May 30 - June 2, 2017 $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax 4 JP Seminar Registration Opens September 27th!

5 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE TRAVEL & REGISTRATION DAY 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration DAY ONE 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Indigency Hearings: Getting It Right 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Contempt: The Last Resort 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.* Slumlords & Deadbeat Tenants: Residential Evictions & Scenarios Executing Writs: Understanding the Constable s Duties & Roles Noncompliant Criminal Defendants: Solutions & Safeguards 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Manufactured Home Eviction Procedures Debt Claim Cases: New Trends & Receivership Criminal Dismissals: Whose Job is it Anyway? DAY TWO 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Dealing with Death Scenes Objection! Evidence: What You Need to Know Magistrate Duties: The Hearing Occupational Driver Licenses 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Inquest Scenarios & Discussion Stay on the Cutting Edge: Case Law Update Texas Parks and Wildlife: Can I Keep This Fish? Mental Health Issues: The Role of the Judge 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. LUNCH 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.* Trucks, Texting, & Traffic Topics Civil Procedure Mock Trial: The People s Court Truancy: Where Are We Now? Retrieve, Restore, Re-entry, Repair: Non-Eviction Issues 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. The How s & Why s of Bond Forfeiture License to Carry Juvenile Criminal Cases: Pleas, Parents, & Procedures Animals in the Court DAY THREE 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Stump Bronson: Ask Your Question DWI Bond Conditions Judge as CEO: Panel Discussion 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Going Viral: Media, Courts, & Community 5 *Based on popular demand, some sessions have now been expanded to three hour sessions.

6 COURT PERSONNEL SEMINAR INFORMATION Eligibility In order to attend an event, attendees must be employed by a justice court and have a TJCTC profile. Create a new employee profile by submitting the New Employee Request Form at Clerks are eligible to register for 16-hour seminars, 10- hour workshops, and webinars. Judges in a clerkless court may also attend Court Personnel Seminars by contacting our Registrar, Laura Villarreal. Registration Types New Clerk registration is for clerks who have never attended a TJCTC 16-Hour Seminar and have less than two years of experience in the justice courts. If you are a new clerk with more than two years of experience, you may be eligible to register for experienced clerk classes. Contact our Registrar for more information. Experienced Clerk registration is for clerks who have more than 18 months of experience in the justice courts and have completed a TJCTC 16-Hour Seminar. EMBASSY SUITES May 9-11, 2017 San Marcos HILTON Additional DALLAS registration ROCKWALL info can be found at July 10-12, 2017 Rockwall Justice Court Clerk Certification Program The Justice Court Clerk Certification Program allows experienced justice court clerks to demonstrate their knowledge of statutes, procedures, and ethical guidelines applicable to Texas justice courts. TJCTC offers two types of exams - the Clerk Certification Exam and the Master Clerk Certification Exam. Justice court clerks who pass an examination will receive certification as a Certified Clerk or a Master Certified Clerk. The Texas Justice Court Training Center creates and administers all exams. It is the recommendation of TJCTC that clerks complete a full 16-hour seminar prior to taking an exam. A comprehensive study guide is available for each exam type through the Court Personnel website. Please visit for more detailed exam information. CLERK SEMINAR SCHEDULE LOCATION DATE RATE PER NIGHT OMNI HOUSTON GALLERIA Houston HORSESHOE BAY RESORT Horseshoe Bay SAN LUIS RESORT Galveston OMNI CORPUS CHRISTI Corpus Christi November 16-18, 2016 February 15-17, 2017 March 8-10, 2017 April 10-12, 2017 $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax $ % tax 6 Stay Informed! Update your to receive event updates.

7 NEW THIS YEAR FOR CLERKS Early Registration Registering for a seminar has been made easier for those of you who have not attended in the past year. In order to ensure that all attendees have an opportunity to attend a seminar, new clerks and any experienced clerks that were not able to attend in the academic year, are eligible to participate in early registration on September 20, Advance Payment Our seminars are in high demand and routinely have a waiting list. In order to keep our seminars at capacity and give everyone enough time to request funds, we are now requesting the registration fee 3 months prior to the seminar (please see invoice for due date). If we don t hear from you by the due date given in our notice, you will be removed from the event you are scheduled to attend and sent a cancellation for reference. This cancellation policy was recently implemented and was successful in limiting the number of no shows and last minute cancellations for our seminars. New Instructional Hours Based on popular demand, we have made changes to the instructional design of the afternoon experienced clerk classes on the second day to 3-hour long and 1-hour long classes. NEW CLERK SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE DAY ONE 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration 12:30 p.m. - 12: 45 p.m. Welcome Orientation 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Legal Advice & Ethics 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fundamentals of Eviction Cases DAY TWO 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Fundamentals of Civil Cases 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Fundamentals of Criminal Cases DAY THREE 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Response to Crisis: Mental Health in the Courtroom 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Clerk: The Face of the Court on Social Media & Professionalism Clerk Certification Exams are administered on the last day from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. It is the recommendation of TJCTC that new clerks complete a full 16-hour Court Personnel Seminar prior to taking an exam. New Clerks may register for exams onsite at a seminar or by setting up an appointment with the Registrar at lv13@txstate.edu. 7 Register a New Employee at

8 EXPERIENCED CLERKS SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE DAY ONE 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Registration 12:30 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. Welcome Orientation 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Processing Court Orders A Constable s Perspective Teenage Driving Issues (TxDOT) Texas Parks and Wildlife Legal Advice & Ethics 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Civil Scenarios Criminal Procedure: Filing Through Judgment Master Clerk Certification Exam Review Clerk Certification Exam Review: Civil & Criminal DAY TWO 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Criminal Procedure: Judgment and Beyond Enforcing Civil Judgments Occupational Driver Licenses (TxDOT) Dangerous Dawgs 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Traffic: Deferrals, CMV, & Reporting Truancy Where Are We Now? Conflict Resolution Scenarios Animal-Free Administrative Hearings 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.* Tenants Remedies Residential & Commercial Evictions Advanced Civil Scenarios & Discussion Advanced Criminal Scenarios & Discussion 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Flow Chart Mania!!! Manufactured Home Community Evictions The Clerk s Side of Contempt Juvenile Criminal Cases DAY THREE 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Response to Crisis: Mental Health in the Courtroom 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. The Clerk: The Face of the Court on Social Media & Professionalism 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Clerk Certification Exams: Master Clerk, Criminal and Civil *Based on popular demand, some sessions have now been expanded to three hour sessions. 8

9 10-HOUR WORKSHOPS The Training Center will offer four 10-hour workshops on criminal and civil law topics. The first workshop of the year in January is open to certified clerks only. Online registration for the workshops is open to all justice of the peace and court personnel on Thursday, September 29, Registration is limited to a maximum of 50 participants on a first-come-first served basis. The registration fee for workshops is $100, payable by check. Please visit for workshop course descriptions. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE LOCATION DATE TOPIC RATE PER NIGHT COURTYARD MARRIOTT New Braunfels January 18-20, 2017 Certified Clerk Workshop $ % tax TREMONT Galveston February 6-8, 2017 Evictions & Other Landlord- Tenant Issues $ % tax THE CAVALRY COURT College Station March 19-21, 2017 Criminal Procedure: Traffic $ % tax EMBASSY SUITES San Marcos August 23-25, 2017 Juvenile Law $ % tax SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE DAY ONE Hotel Check-in (Confirmation will list check-in time) DAY TWO 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakfast & Registration 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Class 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Class DAY THREE 7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Class 9

10 FY17 Webinars TJCTC will be offering 20 webinars throughout the year to Justices of the Peace & Court Personnel. Registration is limited to a maximum of 98 participants on a first-come-first served basis. Webinars are free of charge. Up to 4 hours of live webinar instruction can be used toward the 20 hours of education required of all justices of the peace, but not toward the civil hour requirement. For more information about system requirements and course descriptions, please visit WEBINAR SCHEDULE DATE TOPIC DATE TOPIC September 8, 2016 Inquest Procedure February 22, 2017 Judicial Ethics Update September 21, 2016 Basic Eviction Procedure March 15, 2017 September 30, 2016 Driver License, Handgun, & Environmental Hearings March 31, 2017 October 5, 2016 Basic Truancy April 4, 2017 October 18, 2016 October 27, 2016 November 9, 2016 December 1, 2016 Hunting & Hunter Safety (One hour webinar) Updates & Issues with the OCA Monthly Report Impaired Driving & Technology Boating & Boater Safety (One hour webinar) May 3, 2017 May 16, 2017 June 6, 2017 June 15, 2017 Enforcement of Criminal Judgments DWI Bond Conditions (Morning webinar) Post-Judgment Civil Procedure Default Judgment Procedure (One hour webinar) Discovery in Justice Court (Morning webinar) Blood Search Warrants (One hour webinar) Turnover & Appointment for Receivership (One hour webinar) January 19, 2017 Records Retention August 23, 2017 Basic Juvenile Law February 10, 2017 Magistration at the Jail August 29, 2017 Basic Pre-Trial Civil Procedure Morning webinars run from 10 a.m p.m. One hour webinars run from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. All other webinars run from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. 10 For webinar registration issues, lv13@txstate.edu

11 GENERAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration for all TJCTC events must be done online and through your TJCTC profile. We can only accept payment by check or money order. Registration will not be complete until payment is received. New Employees and First Timers If you are a new employee or have never attended a TJCTC event, do not worry the TJCTC Staff is here to help! New Employee Forms can be found on the TJCTC website in order to be added to the database. Cancellation/Refunds Cancellations must be done through your TJCTC profile and received two weeks prior to the event start date in order to receive a full refund. If you must cancel your registration within two weeks to the event, your cancellation to the Registrar at lv13@txstate.edu. No refunds or credits will be given for no shows, late arrivals or early departures. No Shows Any Court Personnel who no shows at a seminar will be suspended from all events for the current and following academic years. Substitutions TJCTC will allow substitutions under certain conditions for event registration. Registration fees can be transferred to another person or from one event to another. Please send all substitution requests to the Registrar prior to the event. Waiting Lists If the event you wish to register for appears in red, this means the event is full. You can add yourself to the waiting list for any future openings. Reservations TJCTC will book your hotel reservation. Select your room preference at the time of registration. Additional Room Nights If you need additional room nights for travel purposes, please contact TJCTC to make arrangements. Additional nights are based upon availability and at the best available rate. You will be on your own for all charges. Special Needs If you have any special needs or need to request accommodations, please indicate your requirements in this box at the time of registration. Confirmation Letters Once payment is received, a confirmation with hotel and training information will be ed to you. Handouts All presentation handouts are available through your TJCTC profile. Be sure to bring your handouts for any session you plan on attending. Wifi is not provided. Registration Questions If you have any questions regarding your registration, please contact the Registrar at lv13@txstate.edu or the TJCTC Office at (512) You may also make any changes to your registration two weeks prior to the event start date. 11 our Registrar at lv13@txstate.edu.

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