Texas Center for the Judiciary

Annual Business MeetingHouston, Texas

September 10, 2012

Texas Center Staff• Program Attorney: Courtney Gabriele• Program Director for TxDOT: Holly Doran• Program Director for CIP: Heidi Penix• Program Director for CJA: Ginny Woods• Conference Co-ordinator: Gail Bell • Registrar: Jennifer Morales • Executive Assistant: Shirley Irvin• Financial Officer: Bruce Lawrence – a CPA• Senior Accountant: Trish Hall – nearly a CPA • Associate Director: Marlon Drakes – a tall guy

Judicial Education Programs over the last year

• National Judicial Leaders Symposium (with the NJC)

• College for New Judges • Two winter Regional Conferences in San

Antonio (325 and 265 judges) • Implicit Bias• Texas College for Judicial Studies• Family Violence • DWI Operational Tune Up• DWI Court Team Training

Judicial Education Programs

• Actual Innocence• Criminal Justice Conference (135 judges)• Professional Development Conference• Evidence Summit• Child Welfare Conference• DWI College• Annual Conference

Judge Mark Atkinson

• Judicial Resource Liaison with TxDOT• 24 years as Judge of Criminal County Court at

Law No. 13, Harris County • 100,000 criminal cases; 20,000 DWI cases• Innovative DWI sentencing practices• “Texas model” recognized nationally• DWI Resource site

Texas Center Operations• New Website and Database

• Register for Conferences• Check CJE Hours Directly • Subscribe to New and Opinion Alerts• Access six Bench Books• Review Issues of In Chambers • Review Texas Center policies and Board minutes

• Conference App • Goal is to Keep you Better Informed

Special Projects • Revised Bench Book

-- Judge George Gallagher • Long Range Planning Committee

-- Chief Justice Sherry Radack• Judicial Resources Committee

-- Justice Lee Gabriel

• Survey: Please fill out and return

Funding

Funding

Funding

Funding

Funding • FY11: $2,219,492• FY12: $1,778,513• FY13: : $1,698,189

• Expect to receive $80,324 less in FY13 than we did in FY12

• Expect at least 120 judges at CNJ in FY13 compared with 20 in FY12

• CCA awarded $49,715 in FY12 and $57,400 in FY13 to Family Violence Council and District Court Alliance for a total of $107,115

-- These funds were taken out of our award

• CCA has required us to maintain the Appellate Education Fund at $98,000 in FY12 and again in FY13 even though only 2/3 of those funds are used by appellate judges

Funding • As a result of the legislative cuts and the

awards by the CCA:– YAFI had to be cut– We cannot conduct an Associate Judge

Conference– TCJS will not include the core program this year;

only the specialty tracks will be offered. Attendance will be limited to 95

• All other Fund 540 programs will continue

Funding TxDOT

• FY11:$818,960• FY12:$779,254• FY13:$866,018• All programs will continue

CIP• FY11:$531,527• FY12:$417,525• FY13:$595,924• We are increasing the number and scope of our

programs

Funding

CJA• FY11:$1,520,316• FY12:$1,496,095• FY13:$1,484,616

Funding Private Funds

• FY11 contributions: $45,998• FY12 contributions: $66,137 (43% increase)• • FY11 contributions and registration fees:

$127,807• FY12 contributions and registration fees:

$134,687• We will use some private funds to sponsor the

Immigration Issues for State Judges Conference

Partner Programs• Public Health Law and Science: University of

Pittsburgh and CDC• National Judicial Leaders Symposium: NJC• Immigration Issues for Texas judges: SJI/Judicial

Foundation/TCJ Private Funds• Civil/Business Law Conference