Legislative Update Exams
Registered for an in-person exam at a legislative update?
Read below for more information.
| City | Dates | Hotel |
|---|---|---|
| San Marcos | August 21st | Embassy Suites San Marcos |
| Houston Area | August 25th | Marriott CityPlace Springwood Village |
| Corpus Christi | August 28th | Omni Corpus Christi |
| McKinney | September 1st | Sheraton McKinney |
Agenda
You do not need to be registered for the legislative update to take the exam. The exam will be given after the legislative update ends. The exam will start at 2:30 PM, we suggest arriving at 2:00 PM to sign in.
The civil and criminal exams will finish and be graded by 4:00 PM. The Master exam will be finished and graded by 5:00 PM.
Your registration will not include a hotel room. If you are attending the Legislative Update, you can request a room night through that registration. If you are not attending the legislative update or if you need a room night after the exam, that will be on your own. You will need to reach out to the hotel directly.
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What are the exam rules?
- The exam is open book, but you can only use the materials TJCTC provides. (See FAQ below on materials for each exam.)
- You cannot use a cell phone, take pictures of the exam, or write down exam questions.
- You will be able to see your exam after it is graded. However, you cannot take it with you.
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What can I bring to the exam?
The exam is open-book. We highly encourage you to bring a laptop or tablet to access the open book materials. You can print them. However, it will be several thousand pages and you will not be able to search.
TJCTC will provide a power source and wifi.
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Materials for Each Exam
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Level I Civil Exam
You may download the following files to use during the exam:
- Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
- Civil Deskbook - reduced size
- Civil charts and checklists
- Legal Terms and Definitions
- Fines, Fees, and Costs Deskbook
- Evictions Deskbook
- Please use these files. If you navigate to our website to download the deskbooks, the file sizes are larger and may slow your computer down. We have created these versions to be smaller file sizes.
You may access this webpage during the exam:
Please note: You may be tempted to download the files for the other exams, thinking more is better. However, they won't help you. All answers to the civil exam will be in one of the materials on this page only.
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Level I Criminal Exam
You may download the following files to use during the exam:
- Criminal Deskbook
- Fines, Fees, and Costs Deskbook
- Criminal flowcharts
- Juvenile Deskbook
- Legal Terms and Definitions Handout
- Magistration Deskbook
- Please use these files. If you navigate to our website to download the deskbooks, the file sizes are larger and may slow your computer down. We have created these versions to be smaller file sizes.
You may access this webpage during the exam:
Please note: You may be tempted to download the files for the other exams, thinking more is better. However, they won't help you. All answers to the criminal exam will be in one of the materials on this page only.
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Level II Master Exam
You may download the following files to use during the exam:
- Administrative Deskbook
- Civil Deskbook
- Criminal Deskbook
- Evictions Deskbook
- Fines, Fees, and Costs Deskbook
- Juvenile Deskbook
- Magistration Deskbook
- Officeholding and Ethics Deskbook
- Recordkeeping and Reporting Deskbook
- Blank calendar
- Legal Terms and Definitions Handout
- Charts and Checklists for Master Exam
- Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
- Please use these files. If you navigate to our website to download the deskbooks, the file sizes are larger and may slow your computer down. We have created these versions to be smaller file sizes.
You may access this webpage during the exam:
Please note: You may be tempted to download the files for the other exams, thinking more is better. However, they won't help you. All answers to the master exam will be in one of the materials on this page only.
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