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Upcoming Education Events

TJCTC will be holding in-person programs around the state in 2022. View each program's dates and locations below. 

Programs by Date

TJCTC will be holding in-person programs in 2023 through 2024. Registration opens October 2nd. 

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  • November 26 - 29, 2023 at the San Luis Resort in Galveston, TX 

    Agenda
    The 20-Hour program will include a range of topics including general sessions and breakout rooms.

    Cost

    Registration cost: $150. This cost includes a $60 registration fee and a $90 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $165 ($55 per night for 3 nights)

  • January 21 - 24, 2024 at the Omni Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, TX 

    Agenda
    The 20-Hour program will include a range of topics including general sessions and breakout rooms.

    Cost

    Registration cost: $150. This cost includes a $60 registration fee and a $90 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $165 ($55 per night for 3 nights)

  • February 1 - 2, 2024 at the Baylor College of Law. 

    Agenda
    The 10-Hour interactive workshop at the Baylor University Law Department will include simulation, discussion, and lecture regarding civil trial procedures. Judges will attend courses about judicial demeanor, jury selection, examination of witnesses, issues in jury deliberations, and various judgments. 

    Cost

    Registration cost: $75. This cost includes a $30 registration fee and a $45 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $110 ($55 per night for 2 nights)

    Registration opens October 2nd. 

  • March 17 - 20, 2024 at the Embassy Suites in Denton, TX. 

    Agenda
    The 20-Hour program will include a range of topics including general sessions and breakout rooms.

    Cost

    Registration cost: $150. This cost includes a $60 registration fee and a $90 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $165 ($55 per night for 3 nights)

  • April 7 - 9, 2024 at the Austin Doubletree and the Travis County Medical Examiner's office. 

    Agenda
    Learn about best practices for death investigations and determining cause and manner of death from medical examiners and their staff. This workshop will provide an opportunity for justices of the peace to ask medical terminology questions and learn how to best work with medical examiners and toxicologists during inquest investigations. 

    Cost

    Registration cost: $75. This cost includes a $30 registration fee and a $45 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $110 ($55 per night for 2 nights)

    Registration opens October 2nd. 

  • April 17 - 19, 2024 at Sonesta Bee Caves. 

    Agenda
    The 10-Hour program will include a range of topics including general sessions and breakout rooms.

    Cost

    Registration cost: $75. This cost includes a $30 registration fee and a $45 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $110 ($55 per night for 2 nights)

  • May 19 - 21, 2024 at Freeman Ranch at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. 

    Agenda
    A unique workshop hosted by the Texas State University Forensic Anthropology program introduces Justices of the Peace to the role of being a forensic anthropologist in death investigations. Includes a tour of the body farm at Freeman Ranch. 

    Cost

    Registration cost: $75. This cost includes a $30 registration fee and a $45 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $110 ($55 per night for 2 nights)

    Registration opens October 2nd. 

  • June 2 - 5, 2024 at the Overton in Lubbock, TX. 

    Agenda
    The 20-Hour program will include a range of topics including general sessions and breakout rooms.

    Cost

    Registration cost: $150. This cost includes a $60 registration fee and a $90 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $165 ($55 per night for 3 nights)

  • July 14 - 16, 2024 at Embassy Suites Landmark in San Antonio, TX. 

    Agenda
    This workshop will allow students to gather in-depth knowledge about various types of criminal cases, using interactive experiences as well as traditional classroom learning and scenarios. 

    Cost

    Registration cost: $75. This cost includes a $30 registration fee and a $45 overhead assessment.

    Hotel cost: $110 ($55 per night for 2 nights)

    Registration opens October 2nd. 

  • August 1 - August 2, 2024 at the Texas A&M Conference Center in College Station. 

    Agenda
    The 8-Hour program will include a range of topics on impaired driving and will include JPs, District Judges, County Judges, and Municipal Judges. Join us to work with all levels of the judiciary to make Texas roads safer!

    This program is sponsored by a generous grant from the Texas Department of Transportation. 

    Cost

    This program is FREE. There is no registration fee and the program comes with 1 free night at the hotel. 

    Registration opens October 2nd. 

  • Judicial Education Credit Information

    • Newly elected or appointed judges are required to attend 80 hours of education from TJCTC. Click here for more information.

       

      • Up to 10 of the 20 hours may be electronic.
      • At least 10 of the 20 must be on civil topics. 
      • At least 10 of the 20 must be through TJCTC. The remaining 10 can be through any group approved in the Rules of Judicial Education.

    • Attorney judges may use CLE credits toward your yearly 20 hour requirement after attending 80 hours of new judge training.

      Judges can use a combination of TJCTC hours and hours from other approved entities. To review the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Rules of Judicial Education including approved entities, click here. 

      Attorney judges still have the following requirements: 

      • Up to 10 of the 20 hours may be electronic.
      • At least 10 of the 20 must be on civil topics. 

    • The judicial education year begins on September 1st and ends on August 31st. All training hours must be completed by August 31st and submitted one week later. 

       

    • Log-in to your TJCTC Profile. 

      Choose "Download my transcript." 

      When you download your transcript, you will see every course you have attended with TJCTC, divided by year.

      If you are looking for a webinar, live webinars can be found at the top during the academic year that you signed up and took them. 

      Webinar Recordings can be found at the bottom of the transcript. 

  • Program Policies

    • Enrollment is subject to receipt of registration from each participant. The registration fee provides for program costs and meals. Pursuant to grant conditions, the registration fee is given to the grant to be spent as restricted funds. If you or your county cannot pay this fee, please contact Thea Whalen at td24@txstate.edu to inquire about a waiver. 

      The Texas State overhead assessment fee is a voluntary fee deposited into TJCTC's private fund account and is used for unrestricted activity expenses that the grant cannot cover, such as salaries, benefits, and excess food and lodging costs. 

      The breakdown between the fees is detailed on your invoice that is emailed to you once registered. 

    • All room nights are a $55 charge regardless of location. This is a voluntary fee to cover the difference between the grant allowed GSA rate and the cost charged by the property. This cost allows education seminars to continue to be held in preferred locations throughout the state.
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Our programs are funded through generous grants from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Department of Transportation. 

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