Over Flow Block for 36th Annual TACA Educational Conference

The Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Fort Worth Blackstone thanks you for this opportunity to work with you on while attending the 36th Annual Educational Conference by providing you an Overflow Room Block.  

 

Your room block is in our system and ready to accept reservations. 

Your guests can call 1-800-321-2211 and refer to the "Texas Association of Court Administrators" or they can visit our website http://www.marriott.com/

 

36th Annual TACA Education Conference

The Hilton Downtown Fort Worth has extended the room rate for $120.00 until  Wednesday, September 26th for the upcoming 36th Annual TACA Education Conference. Please take advantage of making your hotel reservations if you have not done so yet.

Deadline for Early Registration is approaching

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Local Rules Now Available on-line

LOCAL RULES ARCHIVE READY
Texas Bar Foundation-financed project includes rules approved by Court since 1984

Once buried in files available only at the Texas Supreme Court, local rules approved for Texas courts are now available by computer, the result of a year-and-a-half-long project financed by the Texas Bar Foundation. Read more...

Court Names New OCA Director

DAVID SLAYTON NAMED HEAD OF TEXAS OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION Lubbock County’s court administration director has been named administrative director of the Texas Office of Court Administration, Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson announced Thursday.  Read more....

Annual Judicial Education Conference Information

Please join us September 9 - 12, at the Westin Galleria and Westin Oaks in Houston. The Curriculum Committee, officers of the Judicial Section,and Texas Center staff have worked together to build an educational and engaging program. Inspired by the 2012 Olympic Games, our conference theme is "Vision, Discipline, Courage” – something that every jurist strives to bring to the bench. Read more...

Gov. Perry Appoints Seven to Governing Board of Texas Indigent Defense Commission

Gov. Rick Perry has appointed seven members to the Governing Board of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. Pursuant to House Bill 1754 of the 82nd Legislature, the commission will develop policies and standards for providing legal representation and other defense services for indigent defendants at trial, on appeal and in post-conviction proceedings.

Jon Burrows of Temple is Bell County judge. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Bell County Bar Association, National and Texas associations of Counties, and Texas Conference of Urban Counties, and past board member of the Brazos Region G Water Plan Group. He is chair of the Hill Country Transit District, a board member of the Central Texas Council of Governments and Hill Country Community Action Association, and past president of the North and East County Judge and Commissioners Association. He is also past chairman of the Temple Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Central Texas, and a past trustee of Temple College. Burrows served as a colonel in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Air Force Reserve. He received a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Oklahoma, and a law degree from the University of Texas. He is appointed for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2014.  Read more...