March 2010 Vol. 19, No. 2 | | - When is a Court Order Needed to Destroy Evidence?
- Continuing the Case Law Concentration
- A Retrospective Recap of the 81st Regular Legislature
- Moving Violations and Rules of the Road Offenses: New Legislation Requires Courts to Scrutinize the Classification of Offenses
- Unrestrained Children and Unlawful Parking: Using the Code Construction Act to Decode the Confusion
- Examples of Improper Judicial Conduct
- Excerpts from the Annual Judicial Report on the Texas Judicial System (2009)
- Change in OCA Reporting Form |
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December 2009 Vol. 19, No. 1 | | - Case Law and Attorney General Opinion Update, Academic Year 2010
- Important Change in Registration Policies
- Rollover Convincer |
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August 2009 Vol. 18, No. 5 | | - Kids in Court
- Are We Driven to Distraction
- Judges in the Classroom
- What Do People Care About and How is This Related to Municipal Court? |
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Legislative Update 2009 Vol. 18, No. 4 | | - Legislative Update 2009 with full-text bill summaries |
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| May 2009 Vol. 18, No. 4 | | - All These Exes Live in Texas
- Retrospection and New Observations on the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act
- Examples of Improper Judicial Conduct
- Judges in the Classroom
- Why Texas Needs a Booster Seat Law
- Online Alcohol Awareness Classes
- The Use of Automatic License Plate Recognition Cameras in Municipal Court Warrant Service
- Behind a Plate Glass Wall: The Importance of Protective Glass at the Clerk's Window |
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January 2009 Vol. 18, No. 3 | | - The Oversimplification of the Assistance of Counsel in the Adjudication of Class C Misdemeanors in Texas
- The ABC's of Municipal Case Law
- Proof of Lawful Status
- Change in OCA Reporting Form
- Learning to Talk to the "Blank Wall"
- Profile of Texas Judges |
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November 2008 Vol. 18, No. 2 | | - Case Law & Attorney General Opinion Update, Academic Year 2009
- Policy Issues on Status Offenses
- TMCA Announces Outstanding Judge and Clerk of the Year
- To Mark or Not to Mark, Is Your Patrol Vehicle Legal?
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September 2008 (electronic only) Vol. 18, No. 1 | | - Traffic Safety Awards
- Driving on the Right Side of the Road
- Rules of the Road
- The Code of Judicial Conduct
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August 2008 Vol. 17, No. 4 | | - DWI Blood Warrants
- Reconsidering Allen: DWLIs New Impact on Municipal Courts
- Making Sense of Rothgery: What the Most Recent Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Regarding the Sixth Amendment Means to Magistrates in Texas
- Court Management: Performance Indicators on a Shoestring
- Collection Improvement Program Update
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June 2008 Vol. 17, No. 3 | | - Sorting Out the Anomaly: Non-Appearance Crimes in Light of Azeez v. State
- Denying Bail in Family Violence Offenders
- Mysterious Hearing Powers: The Municipal Judge as Presiding Officer at Driver's License Suspension Hearings
- Driving on the Right Side of the Road
- Distracted Driving
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May 2008 Vo. 17, No. 2 | | - The Role of the Municipal Court in City Government
- City Officials, Here are Six Ways to Drive Your Municipal Judge Crazy
- Armed But Not Dangerous: Obtaining a Concealed Handgun License
- Traffic Safety Awards
- By Hook or Crook: I Maintain that Everything is Fine
- The Interpretation Hub: A Solution for Larger Courts
- Practical Suggestions for Visiting Classrooms
- Driving on the Right Side of the Road
- OCA Annual Report
- Costs of a DWI Arrest
- Impaired Driving Laws in Texas
- Examples of Improper Judicial Conduct |
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December 2007 Vol. 17, No. 1 | | - Case Law And Attorney General Opinion Update, Academic Year 2008
- The Important Role of Municipal Judges in Child Passenger Safety
- TMCA Names 2007 Judge and Clerk of the Year
- 2008 Texas State Warrant Roundup
- Traffic Safety Can Go Far Beyond the Traffic Stop
- Traffic Safety Initiatives: Traffic Safety Award |
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Summer 2007 Vol. 16, No. 5 | | - Driving Across the Border: Mexico DLs and Financial Responsibility
- Domestic Violence: Firearm Admonishments in Misdemeanor Convictions
- General Counsel's Column: Coming to Terms with the 80th Session
- Hate Crime Conundrum: Are They Going Unprosecuted?
- Collections Corner: OmniBase and Failure to Appear
- In Appreciation
- Celebrate Municipal Court Week: November 5-9, 2007
- No More Best Practices
- TMCEC 2006-2007 Program Evaluations
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Legislative Update 2007 Vol. 16, No. 4 | | - Legislative Update 2007 with full-text bill summaries |
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May 2007 Vol. 16, No. 3 | | - Legal Basis For Legislative Continuances
- Citations, Part II
- Born to be a Collector
- Clerks' Corner: Who Can Accept Payments from Defendants?
- Child Support Magistration: Do Municipal Court Judges Have Authority to Magistrate Child Support Offenders?
- General Counsel's Column: The Death of Local Courts Costs: Are the Juvenile Case Manager, Court Security, and Technology Funds in Peril?
- 75 Percent of Young Texans Affected by Dating Violence
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March 2007 Vol. 16, No. 2 | | - Bail Bonds for All, Reprise
- Citations - Part I
- Examples of Improper Judicial Conduct
- The Efficient Disposition of DWI Cases: Best Practices
- Clerks' Corner: The Winds of Change
- Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Court Interpreters
- Assessing Threats in Our Courts
- Public Safety Training and Red Light Camera Enforcement
- Costs and Benefits of Improving Traffic Safety in Your Community |
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December 2006 Vo. 16, No. 1 | | - Case Law Update
- Statewide Warrant Roundup Planned for March 2007
- Starting a Marshal's Office
- State Bar Provides Criticism "Hotline"
- 2006 TMCA Judge and Clerk of the Year Announced
- MCLE Fees
- How to Read a Legal Citation
- ReportMyTeen.com
- Traffic Safety Tips 2006
- Truck Crash Facts & Survivors Guide
- Program Evaluations 2006
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Summer 2006 Vol. 15, No. 5 | | - "Buckle Up in Your Truck": Fact Sheet and Talking Points
- Clerks' Corner FAQ
- Faculty Appreciation
- Driver Responsibility Program & Moving Violation List
- Legal Advice and Legal Information: A Clerk's Dilemma
- What Are Crimes of Moral Turpitude?
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August 2006 Vol. 15, No. 4 | | - Contemplating Contempt Power
- The Ethics of CDL Masking
- Clerks' Corner: Use of Credit Cards, Handling Hot Checks
- Ethics Opinions 291 and 292
- Untangling the Court Technology Web
- About the 80 mph Speed Limit |
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July 2006 Vol. 15, No. 3 | | - Should Your Municipal Court Become a Court of Record
- Certification Incentives around the State
- Municipal Court Clerks Certification Program: Improving the Local Administration of Justice
- Collection Improvement Program: "The Future of Court Collections"
- General Counsel's Column: Dismissals & Instanter Arrests
- Seven Dollars that Add Up: An Inside Look at the Municipal Court Building Security and Technology Funds
- Electronically Created Records
- Enforcing Municipal Ordinances in the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
- Magistrate's Duty to Order the Installation of Ignition Interlock Devices
- Traffic Safety Note
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May 2006 Vol. 15, No. 2 | | - News on Traffic Safety in Texas
- Ethics Update: Public Statement No. PS-2006-1
- Change to Rules of Judicial Education
- General Counsel's Column: Read Any Good AG Opinions Recently?
- Caseflow Management in Texas Municipal Courts
- Bulk Requests: The “Ticket Stop” Example
- Apathy in Our Courts, Death on Our Roads
- Click It or Ticket |
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December 2005 Vol. 15, No. 1 | | - Texas Magistrates: Gatekeepers to Indigent Defense
- TMCA Recognizes Oustanding Judge & Clerk of 2005
- Change in DSC Certificates
- New Collection Law: Problem or Opportunity?
- Case Law Update & Attorney General Opinion Update |
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August 2005 Vol. 14, No. 6 | | - Legislative Update 2005 with full text bill summaries
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June 2005 Vol. 14, No. 5 | | - Recent Ethics Opinions
- Contemporary Prosecutorial Ethical Dilemmas
- Setting Up a Collection Program
- The Fair Defense Act: Whose Job Is It Anyway? Part 2
- Clerks' Corner FAQ |
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April/May 2005 Vol. 14, No. 4 | | - Teen Court and the Aftermath
- Amarillo Municipal Court: A Look at Collections, Compliance and Impact
- The Fair Defense Act: Whose Job Is It Anyway? Part 1
- Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol and Driver’s License Suspension
- Farmers Branch Municipal Court: A Great Place to Work!
- Dispelling Confusion: Requests for Records Pertaining to Juveniles |
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March 2005 Vol. 14, No. 3 | | - Military Service and Municipal Courts
- But I Already Paid My Fine! DPS Points & Surcharges
- Regional Databases: Not Just a Warrant List
- Clerks' Corner: DL Suspensions
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December 2004 Vol. 14, No. 2 | | - Municipal Courts Enhance Their Technological Services
- Recent Ethics Opinions
- General Counsel's Column: Designated Funds & Pretrial Distraction
- The Collections Process: How to Handle Delinquencies
- Clerks’ Role in Judgments and Capias Pro Fines
- Magistrate’s Authority to Issue Search
- Case Law Update |
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October 2004 Vol. 14, No. 1 | | - FAQs from the 800 Line
- General Counsel's Column: Juvenile Confessions
- TMCA Recognizes Clerk and Judge of the Year
- Tips and Tricks for Personal Computing
- Appeals from Municipal Court Judgments
- Financial Evaluation and the Defendant Interview
- Program Evaluations 2004 |
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July 2004 Vol. 13, No. 6 | | - CaseMail - Yet another Way Email Makes Life Easier
- Establishing the Identity of Foreign Nationals
- Magistrates, Jurisdiction and Open Courts
- Complaints, Complaints, Complaints: Don’t Let the Language of the Law Confuse You
- The Fine Collections System
- The Clerk’s Role in Preparing Complaints
- Spanish for Bailiffs |
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May 2004 Vol. 13, No. 5 | | - Handling Requests for Court Records
- Appeals – Myths and Facts
- Top 10 Things for Bailiffs to Do During Trial Other than Catching Up on Sleep
- Collections Tool: Skip Tracing
- General Counsel's Column: Jail Credit and Community Service
- Writ of Procedendo: Enforcing Judgments Post-Appeal
- Judgments Post Appeal
- Recent Ethics Opinions
- Judges: Putting Technology to Work for You |
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March 2004 Vol. 13, No. 4 | | - Administrative Adjudication of Parking and Stopping Offenses
- Focus on ... Bail Bond Forfeiture
- Court Budget Planning during Lean Time
- Collections Tool: The Telephone
- General Counsel's Column: Article 15.18 Out-of-County Pleas
- Interlocal Agreements for Jail Service; Don’t Get Locked into a Bad Contract
- Serving the Community while Avoiding Getting Served
- Prisoner Transportation |
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January 2004 Vol. 13, No. 3 | | - Amnesty 2004
- Case Law & Attorney General Opinion Update
- Read and Discuss the Canons
- Examples of Improper Judicial Conduct
- General Counsel's Column: Demeanor, Diligence, & Competence
- Caseload Trends in the Municipal Courts 2003
- Municipal Court Building Security Fund Revisisted |
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December 2003 Vol. 13, No. 2 | | - Two Wrongs Didn’t Make It Right - Private Collections
- Courtroom Security – A Matter of Communication
- Language Interpreters in Court
- General Counsel's Column: Special Session, Collections, & Youth
- TMCA Names Outstanding Judge & Clerk of the Year
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November 2003 Vol. 13, No. 1 | | - Legislative Issues
- Rules of the Road Offense Chart |
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August 2003 Vol. 12, No. 6 | | - Legislative Update 2003 with full bill text summaries |
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July 2003 Vol. 12, No. 5 | | - Gender Bias in Court
- Family Violence Policy Good for Workplace
- Magistrate’s Order for Emergency Protection Issue
- Domestic and Family Violence: Vicarious Trauma and Judges
- Recent CCA Opinion: Lidar or Radar
- General Counsel's Column: Constitutional & Statutory Victims’ Rights |
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May 2003 Vol. 12, No. 4 | | - Clerks' Corner: Counting Time
- The Future of Court Security
- Broadening the Pool: Representative Jury Pools
- Mediation Referrals and Orders from Municipal Courts
- Writing an Effective E-mail Policy
- General Counsel's Column: The Role of the Prosecutor
- An Overview of Collections Programs
- Waiver of Right to Appeal in Local Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction |
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March 2003 Vol. 12, No. 3 | | - Appeals from Non-Record vs. Record Municipal Courts
- General Counsel's Column: Vienna Convention, Seat Belt Fines & Fines and Special Expense Fees in Deferred Disposition
- Insights into Diversity
- E-mail—To Delete or Not To Delete
- Foreign National Procedures
- How a Court Becomes a Court of Record
- Legal Q & A: Removal from Office
- Pay or Lay: Tate v. Short Revisited
- Warrant Officer/Marshal: Benefits vs. Cost |
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February 2003 Vol. 12, No. 2 | | - Attorney General Opinions Update
- New Year's Computer Cleaning
- General Counsel's Column: Crimes Committed in Municipal Courts
- Court Costs Exercise
- Juveniles Now Adults
- Questioned Court Documents: Decreasing the Use of False Identities
- Designing a Court Security Plan
- Advancements in Court Technology |
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December 2002 Vol. 12, No. 1 | | - Court Security
- Motions in Limine: A Judge’s Perspective
- Using Videoconferencing for 15.17 Hearings
- General Counsel's Column: Pretrial Hearings and Conferences, and CDLs
- Sending the Message with Amnesty Programs and Warrant Round-ups
- Case Law and Attorney General Update
- TMCA Recognizes Outstanding Judge & Clerk of the Year
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Summer 2002 Vol. 11, No. 9 | | - Court Decorum Special Issue |
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August 2002 Vol. 11, No. 8 August 2002 Vol. 11, No. 7 | | - Diversity Special Issue
- Deferred Adjudication is not Deferred Disposition
- Delineating the Four Rules of Expunction for Kids
- Police Interactions with Juveniles
- Shame-based Sentencing: Thinking "Outside of the Box" or "Out of Bounds?" |
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July 2002 Vol. 11, No. 6 | | - Vehicle Modifications
- What Is a Psychosocial Assessment?
- Moving Toward Paperless Courts
- Mayors, Magistrates, and Judges; Whose Job Is It?
- Deferred Disposition: Thinking Outside of the Box vs. Abuse of Discretion
- General Counsel's Column Recent Actions by the Commission on Judicial Conduct |
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May 2002 Vol. 11, No. 5 | | - Racial Profiling and Pretext Stops
- Public Perception, Road Rage and the Role of the Court
- Are You Getting the Most from Your Prosecutor?
- “Well, Officer ... About That Driver’s License”
- Traffic Technology |
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March 2002 Vol. 11, No. 4 | | - The Bottom Line on Juvenile Contempt
- Local Court Costs
- General Counsel's Column: In-Court Judicial Misconduct & Victim Impact Panels
- Enhancements in Municipal Court
- Ethics Update
- Hate Crimes: Prosecute in Municipal Court?
- Justice Information Systems
- Graduated Driver’s License |
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February 2002 Vol. 11, No. 3 | | - Attorney General Opinions and Open Records Decisions
- Constitutional Amendment Changes
- Destination of "Anti-bribery” Affidavit
- Indigent Defense Bill
- Sexual Harassment
- Court of Criminal Appeals: Rules of Judicial Education
- Ethics Advisory Opinions
- Launching Your Court onto the Web |
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December 2001 Vol. 11, No. 2 | | - Federal and State Case Law Update
- Testifying on Juvenile Magistration
- Collect on Those Warrants
- Rules & Deadlines for Court Interpreters
- General Counsel's Column: Out-of-County Magistration & Round Ups
- An Introduction to Court Technology
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September 2001 Vol. 11, No. 1 | | - Jail Credit: Attorney General Opinion
- First Clerk Achieves Full Certification
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective Judges
- Community Court Approach to Repeat Offenders
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August 2001 Vol. 10, No. 5 | | - Legislative Update 2001 with full bill text summaries |
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July 2001 Vol. 10, No. 4 | | - Legislative Update: Early Edition
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May 2001 Vol. 10, No. 3 | | - Innovations in Juvenile Procedure
- Lago Vista Prevails
- OCA Annual Report
- Common Juvenile Disorders
- Keys to Successful Community Service
- Tobacco Community Service
- Texas Teen Courts
- Juvenile Age
- Case Law Update
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March 2001 Vol. 10, No. 2 | | - Magistrations: Remote Video and Bond Conditions
- Ethics Advisory Opinions
- Improper Judicial Conduct
- Records Retention Program
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August 2000 Vol. 9, No. 5 | | - Magistration Under Article 15.17, C.C.P
- Election and Jury Punishment in Municipal Courts
- Prejudgment Jail Credit
- Rule 12 and Access to Court Records |
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July 2000 Vol. 9, No. 4 | | - Unauthorized Practice of Law and Pro Se Practice
- Custody of Juveniles and Taking Statements
- Funds for Juvenile Programs
- School Violence and Its Impact on the Courts
- Tobacco Awareness and Community Service
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June 2000 Vol. 9, No. 3 | | - Case Law Update
- Frequently Asked Questions |
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April 2000 Vol. 9, No. 2 | | - Attorney General Opinion Updates
- Clerks' Certification Program Surveyed
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February 2000 Vol. 9, No. 1 | | - Knowingly Removing Knowingly From Your Complaints
- DPS Honoring Community Service Suspensions
- Ethics Update
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