38th Annual Education Conference Hotel Overflow

TACA Overflow Hotel-Staybridge Suites San Antonio CLICK HERE

National Association for Court Management

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Exhibitors for 2014 Conference

The 38th Annual Texas Associatin for Court Administration Education Conference is fast approaching and we hope you will be joining us this year to take advantage of the chance to make some new contacts with the court personnel and judges from across the State of Texas. For more information please go to http://www.mytaca.org/conference/vendor.html

38th Texas Association for Court Administration Annual Education Conference...

Registration will open up April 7, 2014.

Membership Profile Update

As a reminder all Profile Update Cards are due on February 15, 2014. Please be sure and take the time to fill them out and return back to the address listed below.

2013 CMP Tentative Agenda

2013 CMP Tentative Agenda is available under the Conference tab HERE!!

37th Annual TACA Education Conference Hotel overflow

37th Annual TACA Education Conference hotel overflow availability at...

 

Staybridge Suites San Antonio NW Colonnade

4320 Spectrum Blvd , San Antonio, TX 78230

(210)558-9009 Hotel

Guardianship Symposium Workshop

In his State of the Judiciary address to the State Legislature on March 6, 2013, Chief Justice Jefferson Wallace gave a “call to arms” and addressed growing concerns related to guardianship.   He stated, “The population over age 65 in this state will increase by almost 50% by 2020 and will more than double by 2040.  Many of those individuals will need help managing their affairs – some through the appointment of a guardian.  But Texas currently has only 368 state-certified guardians who handle only 5,000 of the 40,000 pending guardianships. Families, friends, and attorneys serve as guardians in the remaining cases. Only ten of our 254 counties have probate courts with resources to adequately prevent abuse. An exploding elderly population will stress the guardianship system. We must begin to address these issues and prepare.”

 

On Friday, June 14th at the City of Lubbock Civic Center in downtown Lubbock (www.LubbockMap.com), the Office of Dispute Resolution, a department of Lubbock County, will present a full-day Guardianship Symposium. This informative symposium will provide County Judges, County Clerks, attorneys, guardians, social workers and service providers with practical information about guardianship in Texas.  The cost is only $50 until May 15^th the extended deadline of May 24^th!  For groups of 3 or more (join the County Judge and judge’s staff), the cost remains $50 per person until June 1^st! 

 

Key Information

·        Friday, June 14^th from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

·    Early Bird Rate ($50) Ends: extended to May 24^th!

·    Group Rate ($50/person) ends: June 1^st (bring your staff)

·    7.0 Hours of County Judge & County Clerk continuing education credit including 1.0 hours of ethics (and legislative updates) (Texas Association of Counties)

 

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn from statutory probate judges, attorneys and other professionals about guidelines and best practices for guardianship matters.  Speakers include The Honorable Eduardo Gamboa, El Paso Statutory Probate Court No. 2, The Honorable Brenda Hull Thompson, Dallas Statutory Probate Court No. 1, Linda Goehrs, Horrigan & Goehrs (Houston), Lee Franks, Franks & Pleasant, P.L.L.P. (Lubbock), Disability Rights of Texas, Health & Human Services Commission, Adult Protective Services (APS), Department of Age & Disability Services (DADS).  Topics include social issues related to disability, self-determination, money concerns, the duties of the guardian, the role of the attorneys, the guardianship process and procedures and much more!

 

Register TODAY!  Call the Office of Dispute Resolution at (806) 775-1720 or email the registration form to odr@co.lubbock.tx.us.

 

REGISTRATION IS OPEN for the 37th ANNUAL TACA EDUCATION CONFERENCE

REGISTRATION IS OPEN......Please join the TACA BOARD on October 15 - 18, 2013 at the Omni Colonnade Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The TACA Education Board Liaison and Committee have worked together to build an educational and engaging program. The theme is "Taking Aim.....Are You Hitting Your Target" – Read more...

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...

New Liaison for TACA

Justice Debra H. Lehrmann is the new liaison for TACA. Please welcome her on her new duties. To see her accomplishments visit here.

Missouri judges get penalty cost before sentencing

It is the first state to provide judges with defendant-specific data on what particular sentences would cost the taxpayers, and on the likelihood that the person in the dock will reoffend.

Not everyone is happy about it.

"I don't think it has any purpose in a process of balancing justice," complained Jack Banas, the St. Charles County prosecuting attorney. "Justice doesn't come down to dollars and cents. You have to look at the system as a whole picture."  Read More...

Justice by the Numbers

Rochester

In communities across the country, people use statistics on hospitals, schools and other public services to decide where to live or how to vote. But while millions of Americans deal with their local criminal courts as defendants and victims each year, there is no comparable way to assess a judicial system and determine how well it provides basic legal services.

This lack of data has a corrosive effect: without public awareness of a court system’s strengths and weaknesses, inefficiencies and civil liberties violations are never remedied.  Read More...

Dallas County criminal court records now available to public online

Dallas County is now one of the few places in Texas where you can get online access to court documents for free.

District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons and County Clerk John Warren have worked together for months to provide the service. It's part of Fitzsimmons' electronic filing initiative in which court papers are filed electronically with no paper file...read more