Webinar Recordings

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours 
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

This webinar will feature a justice of the peace and constable discussing issues around short-term vacation rentals, tenants vs. lodgers, property owners’ rights, and more.

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Judicial Education Credit Hours 
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

This webinar will cover issues related to theft by check and issuance of bad check cases.

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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.

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hour, including 1.5 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

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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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.

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 3 total hours, including 3 civil hours. 

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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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.

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 0 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 0 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including .5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for .5 total hours, including .5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

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
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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 
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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 
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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  
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours  
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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. 

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
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 0 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 0 civil hours.

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
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 0 civil hours.

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 0 civil hours.

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. 

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. 

This webinar will address the role of the justice of the peace in animal cruelty cases, as well as other animal-related laws appearing before the court. In doing so, it will touch upon dangerous dog cases, serious bodily injury cases, civil seizures, appellate process, and thinking outside the box when working with the parties for the greater good of the community. 

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

This webinar will answer your questions about the causes of death versus symptoms and relieve anxiety about the reporting process. 

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

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
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hour, including 1 civil hour. 

This webinar will cover how to determine during an inquest whether a death was caused by suicide. Students will explore the distinctions between suicide, homicide, and accidental overdoses.  

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

This webinar will feature resources available to justices of the peace when dealing with unidentified bodies and missing migrant cases and outreaching families of missing migrants in other countries.

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hours, including 1 civil hour. 

Join our friends from Texas State University to learn more about the assistance they can provide in death investigations as well as their tips for identifying bodies and determining cause and manner of death. 

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Additional handout

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

Join this webinar to learn about the Missing Migrant Program (MMP), different death categories, rescue beacons, and much more.

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hours, including 1 civil hour. 

What exactly does UNT CHI do? This webinar will help judges understand the resources available from UNT CHI and how to access them. Topics will also include inquests involving unidentified remains: recent legislation related to unidentified remains, the TX Missing Persons DNA Database, and the forensic analysis of skeletal remains.

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Additional handout

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 2 total hours, including 2 civil hours. 

The state of Texas has a number of resources that a Justice of the Peace can use when they are overwhelmed by a catastrophic event. This presentation will address utilizing the Texas Mass Fatality Operations Response Team (TMORT) and the State Medical Operations Center (SMOC), whether you simply need a phone consult or your county needs a team to provide significant support on the ground.

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

Do you want to see what the Tissue Recovery Center looks like? As part of this webinar, you will receive a video tour of the center and then have a chance to ask all your tissue recovery related questions! 

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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1 total hours, including 1 civil hour. 

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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Judicial Education Credit Hours
This webinar counts for 1.5 total hours, including 1.5 civil hours. 

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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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.