MUNICIPAL PROSECUTORS CONFERENCE

*Speakers and Course Material from TMCEC's June 6-8, 2011 Seminar that was held in San Antonio.

Day 1

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Optional Pre-Conference: A Glimpse at the Horizon: Legislation of Interest in the 82nd Texas Legislature Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC Katie Tefft, Program Attorney, TMCEC Cathy Riedel, Program Director, TMCEC

Day 2

8:10 - 9:20 am	Persuasion: Confronting Adverse Material in Legal Advocacy David A. Sheppard, Attorney at Law, Austin
9:30 - 10:30 am	Conflicts of Interest+ (1hr Ethics) Ross Fischer, Attorney, Denton, Navarro, Rocha & Bernal, P.C., San Antonio
10:40 - 12:00 pm	Speed Kills: Stock Objections and Answers in Speed Measurement Robert J. Barfield, Attorney at Law, Robert J. Barfield Law Office, Kemah
1:00 - 2:15 pm	Case Law and Attorney General Update+ (.25hr Ethics) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC

	TRACK A: Municipal Law	TRACK B: Juvenile Law
2:30 - 3:30 pm	Nuisance Abatement and the Psychology of Hoarding: Inside the Mind Rebecca Hutchinson Julius, Ph.D., Denton Independent School District	Citation Abuse: The Classroom to Prison Pipeline Kathryn Freeman, Staff Attorney, Texas Appleseed Meg Clifford, Legal Intern, Texas Appleseed
3:45 - 5:00 pm	Epic Fail - The Terribly Drafted Criminal Ordinance: A Group Discussion Facilitated by TMCEC Staff	What Every Prosecutor Should Know about the Transfer of Juvenile Cases from Municipal to Juvenile Court+ (.75hr Ethics) Katie Tefft, Program Attorney, TMCEC

Day 3

8:00 - 9:15 am	Problems in the Law of Recusal and Disqualification of Municipal Judges+ (1hr Ethics) Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education, TMCEC
9:30 - 10:45 am	Effective Use of Visual Aids in Trial Presentation Bianca Bentzin, Division Chief, Criminal Prosecution, City of Austin
11:00 - 12:00 pm	Application of Traffic Law to Bicycles* Mark Goodner, Program Attorney and Deputy Counsel, TMCEC

* Denotes Municipal Traffic Safety Initiatives (MTSI) or Driving on the Right Side of the Road (DRSR) curriculum funded by a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation.

+ Denotes course that shall be submitted for ethics MCLE credit.