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Texas Municipal Courts Education Center                          tmcec@tmcec.com
1609 Shoal Creek Bouleveard                                            800.252.3718: toll free
Suite 302                                                                         512.320.8274: Austin
Austin, Texas 78701                                                         5
12.435.6118: fax


We are conveniently located just northwest of downtown Austin, near the intersection of 15th Street and Lamar Boulevard. 


TMCEC Staff

Hope Lochridge, Executive Director

Margaret Danforth, Administrative Director

Ryan Kellus Turner, General Counsel & Director of Education

Lois Wright, Program Director

Mark Goodner, Program Attorney

Lisa Robinson, TxDOT Grant Administrator

Herman Flores, Multimedia Specialist

Amy Doiron, Data Entry Specialist

Carrie Harper, Program Assistant II

Shane B. Scribner, Legal Research Assistant
 


Accomodations                                         Transfers & Cancellations
Carrie Harper                                                       Shane B. Scribner
harper@tmcec.com                                              scribner@tmcec.com

Publications & Products                        Listserv
Amy Doiron                                                         Hope Lochridge
doiron@tmcec.com                                              hope@tmcec.com


Legal Questions

Legal questions are welcome on our toll free line, 1.800.252.3718, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.  Staff attorneys will make every effort to return calls within 24 hours of receipt.


Oversight

TMCEC constituents are encouraged to actively contribute to the Center's direction and purpose by becoming a member of TMCA.  To do so, contact your Regional Director of the TMCA Board.  To make specific course recommendations, please contact the Education Committee.


Website Contributors 

TMCEC would like to extend our sincere gratitude to those talented and artistic constituents who sent in photographs of Texas landscapes and municipal courts for new website.  Lei Holder, Annette Jones & Angela Hahn's photographs were selected, and contributed to the site's true Texan feel.  Contribute photos for the site to Chris Kerfoot.

U.S. Supreme Court Deems Presentation before Magistrate under Texas Law a Critical Stage for 6th Amendment Purposes.  More Information

New Clerk Certification testing site added: Austin, Texas August 8.  Download the registration form.

Space Available:  TMCEC will be offering two clinics this summer (July 23, and August 20).  Each clinic is 5 hours.  Get the brochure and registration form.

New minimum automobile liability insurance limits go into effect  April 1.   More information.

Court of Criminal Appeals rules in distinction between VPTA and FTA.   Azeez v. State, PD-010-07 (March 5, 2008)   

A note from the General Counsel regarding State v. Crook, PD-0001-07 (February 6, 2008).

Apply to join the TMCEC team! Current openings are for the Program Attorney & Deputy Counsel and the Program Coordinator.

Consult the status of the judiciary in OCA's 2007 Annual Report.