The market for devices to prevent convicted drunk drivers from starting cars if they’ve had too much to drink may surge almost fivefold if the U.S. Congress passes a bill under debate this month.
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Continue readingThe Texas DWI Courts Operational Tune-Up is designed for DWI Court judges and any interested DWI Curriculum Committee members. The Operational Tune-up will a) emphasize identifying solutions to any problem areas in DWI Court protocols, and b) determine to what extent DWI Courts can develop similar practices.
Cost: No Cost To Attend
The Texas Center for the Judiciary will work with the National Center for DWI Courts (NCDC) to provide training and technical assistance to assist Texas Courts in the design and implementation of an Adult DWI Court. Through practitioner-focused training programs, the NCDC will provide the core knowledge, skills, and operational focus necessary to properly plan and implement an Adult DWI Court within the parameters of established best practices in the implementation of the DWI Court model.
Cost: No Cost To Attend
The Traffic Safety Grant will sponsor three one-hour DWI breakout sessions.
Cost: $60.00
All members of DWI Court Teams are invited to attend: judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, probation officers, treatment providers, court administrators, law enforcement officers, researchers and evaluators. Teams may also attend without their judges.
Cost: No Cost To Attend
Judge Atkinson served 24 years on the bench presiding over more than 100,000 criminal cases, 20,000 of those being DWIs. Since 1988, Judge Atkinson implemented creative DWI sentencing practices, particularly with regard to repeat offenders. Many of those sentencing practices are similar to those currently used in today’s DWI Courts.… Read more >>
The Texas Center for the Judiciary’s Traffic Safety Grant is pleased to introduce Ms. Holly Doran as the newly appointed Program Director.
Holly is a native of Southern California; however, she now considers Austin home. She first moved to Austin to attend the University of Texas, where she played… Read more >>