Recordings for Credit
Welcome to TJCTC's updated webinar page. Webinars are a great way to get education. You can watch at your own speed on your desktop, tablet, or phone. Look below to see what webinars are available.
NOTE: many Civil webinars were recorded before the changes in the Rules of Civil Procedure in 2022-23, including changes to garnishment procedures, exempt property hearings, and including warnings related to exempt property and appeal rights in civil judgments. For full information on those topics, see the Exempt Property and Garnishment modules, TJCTC's judgment forms, and the updated Civil Deskbook, published in September 2023. Thank you!
These webinars are made possible by a generous grant from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Highlights
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Eviction and Landlord/Tenant Webinars
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Evictions: Tricky Issues
This webinar recording will explore unusual or complex issues cases, including notices to vacate, tax foreclosures, immediate possession bonds, appeals, payment of rent into the registry of the court, and writs of procedendo and dealing with your county court.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours.
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Turbocharged Tenant Rights
In certain situations, tenants have “special” rights beyond those normally presented in an eviction case. These rights are often triggered by statutes such as the Bankruptcy Act, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and Section 8 of the Housing Act. This class will examine issues presented under these statutes and how to handle them.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.
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Legal Issues After a Disaster
A wide array of legal needs have been created or impacted by severe winter storm of February 2021. This session will provide an overview of the legal needs arising after a disaster, the timeline over which issues have emerged, and are expected to emerge, and an overview of laws impacting the rights of tenants who were affected by the disaster. Join Texas RioGrande Legal Aid for this presentation.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Texas Apartment Association Lease Update 2024
Join TAA for a review of the latest version of its lease! This class will allow courts to fully understand the terms of the most commonly-used lease in eviction and other landlord-tenant disputes.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Criminal Webinars
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Bond Forfeiture
This webinar recording will go through each step of the bond forfeiture process in justice courts and address how and when a court may impose an appearance bond.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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Hunting and Hunter Safety
This webinar will discuss Chapter 62 of the Parks and Wildlife Code.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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Expunctions
Criminal justice reform trends are making expunctions more frequent in justice court. This course will explain when it is proper to grant expunctions and what types of expunctions are within the jurisdiction of justice court.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 0 civil hours.
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Hot Check Cases
This webinar will cover issues related to theft by check and issuance of bad check cases.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hours, including 0 civil hours.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 1 hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 1 hours or longer.
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Civil Procedure Webinars
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Civil Procedure: Tricky Issues
This webinar recording will cover some difficult and non-standard issues in civil cases in justice court. Topics such as service issues and default judgments, deceased parties, and enforcement of civil judgments will be discussed.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.
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Citations and Default Judgments
This webinar recording will cover the basics of issuance and service of the citation and default judgments.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Practical Debt Claim Issues
This webinar recording will use examples and scenarios to answer the main questions in these cases - what does the creditor have to prove and how do they prove it?
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hour, including 1.5 civil hour.
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CPR for Civil Knowledge: Understanding the CPRC
This webinar recording will use examples and scenarios to answer the main questions in these cases - what does the creditor have to prove and how do they prove it?
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
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Fundamentals of Contracts
This webinar will use scenarios from contract cases that arise in justice court to explain basic contract principles, including when and how a contract is formed, when a contract might be unenforceable, common defenses that might be raised by a defendant, and how to calculate damages.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Torts-Crash Into Me
Using a car accident case as an interactive case study, students in this webinar will go through the steps of processing and entering a final judgment in a case of personal injury or property damage.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 1.5 hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 1.5 hours or longer.
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How Much Should the Judgment Be? Calculating Damages in Civil Cases
This webinar will cover the types of damages in civil cases, including compensatory damages, attorney's fees, and pre- and post-judgment interest, and how to calculate them.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. -
Civil Causes of Action
This webinar will cover several different types of civil lawsuits, including what the plaintiff must prove in order to be awarded a judgment, and defenses that a defendant may raise.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 3 total hours, including 3 civil hours.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 3-hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 3 hours or longer.
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Step by Step Civil Procedure: Filing through Judgment
In this recording, students will take on standard civil procedure issues from filing through judgment.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 1-hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 1 hour or longer.
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A Motion for What?!
Attorneys and self-represented litigants frequently file motions that a judge has never seen before. Sometimes these motions are proper, sometimes they are appropriate in other courts, sometimes they are named incorrectly, and sometimes they are completely the work of the litigant’s imagination. This webinar will discuss a variety of motions that justice courts might encounter and what options the judge has to handle them.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 1.5-hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 1.5 hours or longer.
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Slip and Fall Cases and Other Premises Liability Issues
This webinar recording will explore who is responsible when someone gets hurt on another person's property? This recording will explain what duties the property owner has, and when they are liable for the injuries of another.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.
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Autonomous Cars and the Future of Justice Courts
A part of TJCTC's Future is Now webinar series, this webinar will look at the future of autonomous cars. Brad Null, Senior Software Engineer from monoDrive will join Bronson Tucker, TJCTC Director of Curriculum, to discuss how autonomous cars will affect justice courts in the future.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Civil Update: Filing Fees and Appeals
This webinar will provide an update on filing and appealing civil cases in justice courts, including the changes in filing fees made by SB 41.
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Click here to download the Costs and Fees Cheat Sheet
After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Juvenile Webinars
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Juvenile Law: Magistrations, Admonitions, and Detention
This webinar recording will cover the requirements for juvenile magistration and detention, including special admonitions that are given to juveniles and when they are necessary.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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Juvenile Criminal Diversions
This webinar recording will cover the upcoming changes in juvenile criminal law, and allow courts to discuss best practices to make juvenile diversions an efficient and successful tool that benefits juveniles, the court, and the public.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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Court and Office Management Webinars
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Responding to Judicial Conduct Complaints: Best Practices
This webinar recording will explain the process followed by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct in assessing a complaint and offer suggested best practices if a response to a complaint is required.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Records Requests
This webinar recording will cover procedures for covering public records requests. By the end of the webinar, you will be able to determine whether a record is a court case record or a judicial record and apply the correct procedures for responding to a record request.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 0.5 total hours, including 0.5 civil hours.
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Sovereign Citizens
This webinar recording will assist you in dealing with individuals who claim to be members of the “Republic of Texas” and do not recognize the authority of the judicial system or the State of Texas over them.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including .5 civil hours.
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Records Retention
On this webinar recording, Bonnie Zuber from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission will discuss requirements and best practices for retaining court records and documents
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including .5 civil hours.
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Legal Information vs. Legal Advice
This webinar recording will cover the sometimes-blurry line between a court providing legal information, which is allowable and encouraged, and legal advice, which is barred by the Code of Judicial Conduct. Practical scenario examples will be given and discussed.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Cybersecurity in Your Court and Office
With more court activities moving online, now is the time to review your office’s cybersecurity practices. Make sure your staff knows the most common cybersecurity issues and how to prepare for them beforehand. Join us for our “Spring Cleaning series” for a discussion of simple cyber security best practices that can protect your court and office’s data.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Self-Care in the Age of Corona
In times of emergency, the public often looks to the courts and public offices for answers. Suddenly JP courts and Constable offices are expected to know the answers to many county issues, while also dealing with potential backlogs and other court and office business that has been complicated by COVID-19. Join us for our “Spring Cleaning series” where we will discuss how to take care of ourselves and our staff during this stressful time.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Day to Day Ethics
This webinar will address ethical issues that could arise in the day-to-day running of your court, including social media issues, demeanor, and a court’s legal obligations.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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How to get Zoom for Your Court
Ready to start doing Zoom hearings, but unsure where to begin? Join us for a quick and easy walk through those steps with some best practice tips!
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Understanding Child Disability Issues in Juvenile Cases
In this recording, students will learn about child disability issues that could impact how the court should handle juvenile cases, including both criminal and truancy cases. Students will apply what is learned by participating in real-world scenario activities and discussions.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 2-hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 2 hours or longer.
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The Challenges and Opportunities of Self-Represented Litigants
Self-represented litigants are common in justice courts. This course will examine the role of justice courts with respect to providing procedural fairness in every case, regardless of who the parties are.
What if I already took this course at a live seminar?
If you attended a live seminar with TJCTC this year in Galveston, Austin, or San Antonio, you already received this course and do not need to retake it.Click here to view the recording.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. -
Virtual Jury Trial Best Practices
Are you ready to get back to jury trials? Hoping to clear some of your backlogged trials? Let Judge Chu and his staff guide you through the process they used to hold the 1st virtual jury trial in the nation
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Creating an Inclusive Environment for People with Disabilities
Join Gavin Steiger from Texas State University as he covers best practices for making your court and office an inclusive environment for people with disabilities.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Docket Management Best Practices Panel
This course will discuss best practices for docket management. Topics will include best practices for different kinds of dockets and for handling virtual docket management, as well as ideas for moving through a backlog of cases. Panelists include Hon. Valencia Nash (Dallas County) and Hon. Nick Chu (Travis Count) and is moderated by Rebecca Glisan.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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E-Filing and Paperless Courts: The Future Is Now
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrated the need and benefits of a court going paperless. This course will describe those benefits and describe how to set up a paperless court as well as e-filing, to reflect the realities of courts in the 21st Century.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
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Inability to Pay - What You Need to Know and Why
What options are available for those unable to pay court costs and fees? This course will cover those available options, the practical considerations, and appropriate standards when dealing with issues of inability to pay. This course will also address the reason inability to pay procedures and policies are important, as well as the challenges low-income individuals face when participating in court procedures.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. -
Trauma Informed Courts
Many people who work or appear in a court environment have experienced traumatic experiences or profound grief and loss. These types of difficult experiences can affect a person’s physical health, mental health, and ability to be productive at work. Work environments which ignore the role that trauma and grief can play in the lives of employees and those who come to court are at risk for reduction in productivity and performance and intense interactions. Becoming trauma-informed can help improve professional connections, increase safety, and maintain valuable employees. This presentation will teach you how to use compassion and empathy to engage with those suffering from trauma or profound grief or loss. Through empathic understanding, we can create an environment where we can connect with coworkers, clients and customers and, when necessary, help de-escalate situations where trauma survivors may be showing signs of feeling emotionally overwhelmed or triggered.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Procedural Fairness and LGBTQ+ People in Texas Justice Courts
Justice court touches the lives of many citizens in Texas. Their experience in court can directly affect their trust and confidence in justice. This webinar will lead participants through discussions on how justices of the peace and court personnel can understand and expand upon diversity, fairness, and access issues for LGBTQ+ folks in their courts and offices. Our speaker will be Professor Todd Brower, Judicial Education Director at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. The webinar will qualify for 1 civil hour of judicial education credit.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Mindfulness: Emotional Wellness at Work
As public servants, we strive to bring our best to the work environment. Challenges with managing life stressors and pressures can make it harder to meet our responsibilities and obligations. We are humans, not robots. It is natural and normal to be adversely affected at work and home by stress and personal crises. This presentation will teach tools for enhancing emotional wellness at work and home including: Prioritizing essential needs and setting boundaries, learning to say “no” and letting go of the “shoulds”, recognizing signs of compassion fatigue and "burn out", and strategies for managing stress, worry, and anxiety.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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What Can Legal Aid Do For You
Legal aid attorneys are here to stay in justice courts. Find out why this is a good thing for your court and your community in this panel discussion with a representative from each major legal aid organization in Texas. We will cover what services they provide, what geographical areas they cover, and how they can help your court.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Texas State Law Library Online Resources
Do you know about the resources available on the Texas State Law Library (TSLL) Website? Any Texan can get a free library card and access to these legal resources, so not only can judges, constables, and court staff use these resources for legal research, but the public can as well. Watch this one-hour prerecorded webinar for an overview from TSLL staff.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Texas Demographic Trends and Characteristics
Do you want to know who is in your county and state? This webinar will provide information on the Texas population, including rural vs urban trends, migration information, and birth rates. It will also cover how Texas compares to other states and projected changes for Texas’ future.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Mental Health Resources for Judges
TLAP helps judges with issues related to substance use or mental health disorders and maintains a list of volunteer judges who are interested in providing support to peers in crisis. This class will feature a discussion with TLAP and the resources available for judges dealing with issues such as vicarious trauma.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Magistrate Duties Webinars
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Bail 2022: Implementation of the PSRS
This webinar will provide an overview of the sweeping changes to the bail landscape made by SB 6 (“The Damon Allen Act”) including information on signing up for and using the Public Safety Report System (PSRS).
The recording and handouts are available on our Bail Education page.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 0 civil hours.PLEASE NOTE: This webinar has a SPECIAL certification form to fill out if you are seeking education for the SB6 requirements. Visit our Bail Education page for more information.
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Peace Bonds
This webinar recording will explain the correct procedures to follow when someone applies for a peace bond and when a peace bond is issued.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 0 civil hours.
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Blood Search Warrants
This webinar recording will cover procedural topics relating to search warrants issued for the purpose of seizing the blood of a person arrested for an intoxication-related criminal offense.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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DWI Bond Conditions
This webinar recording will address procedural issues relating to setting, monitoring, and enforcing bond conditions in DWI cases.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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In Search of Search Warrants
Search warrants are not “one size fits all.” This course will help you understand the difference between search warrants, administrative warrants, blood warrants, evidentiary warrants, cell phone warrants, and contraband warrants, as well as when a justice of the peace can – and cannot – issue each.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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The Future of Setting Bail: Improving Pretrial Systems
A part of TJCTC's Future is Now webinar series, this webinar will look at the future of setting bail. Matthew Alsdorf, Found and President of Pretrial Advisors, will join Bronson Tucker, TJCTC Director of Curriculum, to discuss the future of setting bail including new technologies and practices.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
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EPOs and the Cycle of Violence with Kim Piechowiak
Correctly issuing Magistrate's Orders of Emergency Protection is one of the most critical function that a justice of the peace performs. This course will discuss the cycle of violence and cover when to issue an EPO, what conditions to include, and how to report the order of the database as required by law.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Emergency Detention Orders with JCMH
This course will provide an overview of the emergency detention and APOWW legal process; recent legislative changes to this process; a timeline of the first 48 hours of the emergency detention or APOWW; and valuable resources to enable your court to effectively assist the community in a situation when an EDO may be needed in the future.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Cannabis Legalization and the Impacts on Impaired Driving
Legalization of cannabis raises numerous questions and concerns. How do states prepare to address the impacts of impaired driving and the challenges this presents for the DUI system? This presentation will cover a variety of topics focusing on issues with state and national data gaps, developing probable cause for impairment, roadside technologies, prosecution, toxicology, per se limits, and possible countermeasures. We will also include a variety of resources available from Responsibility.org and the National District Attorneys Association. The discussion will also address newer challenges with legalization of THC Isomers (e.g., Delta 8) and the impacts of CBD on impairment.”
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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2024 Family Violence Update
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.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 0 civil hours.
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Administrative Proceedings Webinars
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Environmental Hearings
This webinar recording will discuss environmental enforcement hearings, such as septic violations and other public nuisance issues, filed in justice court. The webinar will address when the court has jurisdiction and how to process these cases.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Dangerous Dogs
This webinar recording will discuss dangerous dog and cruelly treated animal cases in justice court.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Inquest Webinars
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Inquests: Autopsies and Body Transport
This webinar recording will feature a discussion of Chapter 49 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and other information relating to autopsies and the transport of bodies.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Inquest Reporting Issues
This webinar recording will cover inquest reporting issues related to death certificates, child fatalities, and opioids.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including .5 civil hours.
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Conversation with a Medical Examiner
This webinar will provide a forum for discussion about inquests. Participants will have the chance to ask a medical examiner questions about cause and manner of death, how inquests and autopsies have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and other tricky issues.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Cause and Manner of Death
This webinar will answer your questions about the causes of death versus symptoms and relieve anxiety about the reporting process.
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Conversations with a Medical Examiner: Autopsies & Other Testing
Listen as Dr. Pinckard, Travis County's Chief Medical Examiner discusses autopsies and other testing that is available to justices of the peace during their inquest investigations. You will also get a view into the state-of-the-art Travis County Medical Examiner's Office and the technology used by Dr. Pinckard and his staff
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Conversations with a Medical Examiner: Tricky Issues
On this recording, Dr. Corinne Stern, Webb County Chief Medical Examiner, will discuss tricky issues that may arise during a death investigation. Viewers will learn more about mass casualties, unidentified bodies, and how cadaver dogs work with the medical examiner’s office.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Conversations with a Medical Examiner: A Panel Discussion
Join the chiefs from the oldest and newest medical examiner’s offices in Texas for an interactive discussion about all things related to death investigations. Participants will have the chance to hear two different points of view on how medical examiners conduct death investigations from Dr. Stephen Pustilnik, Fort Bend County's Chief Medical Examiner, and Dr. Kim Molina, Bexar County's Chief Medical Examiner.
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The Organ Donation Process
Organ donations don’t occur often during inquests, but when they do, it can be challenging to make sure you're following all the rules. Join us for a webinar by Donate for Life Texas to have all your questions answered
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Death Registration: Vital Stats and the Office of Injury Prevention
The first portion of this webinar is presented by the Vital Statistics department at the Department of State Health Services and covers death registration and how to complete a death record in the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registration (TxEVER) System. The second portion is presented by the Office of Injury Prevention at the Department of State Health Services and covers required inquest reporting.
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Judicial Education Credit Hours
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Have you heard of TMORT?
Join Medical Examiner, Dr. Amy Gruszecki, to learn more about the Texas Mortuary Operations Response Team (TMORT). This team is made up of medical examiners, funeral directors, and anthropologists, who respond to mass casualty events like the Uvalde shooting. Learn more about this team and the resources available to you during a mass casualty event.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour.
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Trial Procedure Webinars
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Discovery in Justice Court
This webinar recording will discuss processing pre-judgment discovery motions and post-judgment discovery requests, including motions to compel and appropriate sanctions.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours.
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Impaired Driving Webinars
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Please note that other webinars with topics related to impaired driving can be found in the "Magistrate Duties Webinars" and "Juvenile Webinars" sections.
Please note that other webinars with topics related to impaired driving can be found in the "Magistrate Duties Webinars" and "Juvenile Webinars" sections. -
Drug Impaired Driving
This webinar recording will provide a look at drug impaired driving trends and how drug use impacts a person's ability to drive.
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After you have watched the webinar, please fill out our online certification form for credit.
Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hour, including 0 civil hour.Note: The recorded time of this webinar is shorter than the 1.5 hour credit, as it includes required self-study and activities where the student will pause the recording. Total time spent including activities is 1.5 hours or longer.
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