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January 24-28, 2011

Overton Hotel & Conference Center

2322 Mac Davis Lane

Lubbock, Texas

(806) 776-7000

Co-Sponsored by Texas Tech University School of Law
Partially funded by a Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund Grant administered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Overview
The New Judges Orientation is a great opportunity for newly elected judges to meet their peers and other professionals in judicial education. New judges will become acquainted with and proficient in conducting trials and other courtroom procedures, along with managing court dockets, handling court records, dealing with mental commitments and juvenile procedures and maintaining decorum in the court room.   Our goal is for judges to leave the presentation with ample knowledge and confidence to effectively perform the duties of their office.

Objectives
Judges who complete this program will:

• Be able to preside over the criminal case including the arraignment, pretrial matters, guilty pleas, and sentencing, bench or jury trials;
• Conduct their own legal research including material available in the county law library, the Bench Book, and various legal resource sites available on the Internet:
• Understand how to recognize and be able to carry out the county judge’s leadership role in and out of the courtroom;
• Understand and be confident in handling civil, criminal, probate and mental health issues that may come before the Court;
• Fully understand and be able to comply with the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Judicial Education Credit
The New Judges Orientation provides 30 Judicial Education credit hours for constitutional county Judges. Application is pending with the State Bar to determine MCLE credit for attorneys.

Reimbursement
This program is partially funded by a Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund Grant administered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. County Judges may be reimbursed at state-approved rates for allowable travel, lodging and meal expenses for one Judicial Academy session or one Texas College of Probate Judges' session each state fiscal year (Sept. 1 – Aug. 31).  Air travel reimbursement will be paid from hub airports only. Those include Dallas Love, DFW, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, Harlingen, Corpus Christi, Houston Hobby, Houston International, Austin and El Paso.

Who Should Attend?
All county judges with judicial duties who were elected in the 2010 general election and any judge elected or appointed since Jan. 1, 2007.

Registration Fee

This training event is funded by a grant from the Court of Criminal Appeals. The registration fee for this event is $250. Registration fees are voluntary. However, all registration fees collected are deposited back to the grant to be used for further education beyond that presently funded by the legislature.