CLEonline.com, together with the Houston Bar Association, are pleased to present a special online CLE ethics seminar designed to inform attorneys of the ethical policies and procedures that are required to maneuver in the City of Houston's municipal court system.
This seminar features audio presentations from a live CLE seminar on these topics that was originally conducted by the Houston Bar Association (HBA) on July 25, 2008. The audio materials run for approximately 1.25 hours and feature the following speakers:
Hon. Berta A. Mejia Presiding Judge, City of Houston Municipal Courts
Hon. Maria Casanova Administrative Judge, Court No. 2, City of Houston Municipal Courts
Hon. Herbert Gee Associate Presiding Judge, Court No. 11 City of Houston Municipal Courts
Hon. Meg Oswald Judge, Court No. 9, City of Houston Municipal Courts
Hon. Elaine Timberlake Judge, Court No. 1, City of Houston Municipal Courts
This seminar is entitled:
HBA Presents: "Ethics in Municipal Courts in Houston"
** (available at any time of the day and in time increments convenient to you during the above referenced dates) **
Subjects to be discussed during this CLEonline.com seminar include:
- Lawyer to Client Issues
- Lawyer to Lawyer Issues
- Lawyer and Judge Issues
The instructor/moderator for this CLEonline.com seminar will be:
Hon. Berta A. Mejia, who has served as the Director and Presiding Judge for the City of Houston Municipal Courts Judicial Department since 1998. Prior to her appointment to the Municipal Courts, Judge Mejia served as First Assistant City Attorney for the City of Houston Legal Department. Judge Mejia received her Juris Doctorate degree from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University. She earned her Master degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and her Bachelor of Arts degree from Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas.
Her pervious judicial experience includes serving as Judge of the 315th District Court in Harris County presiding over felony juvenile matters, and as Associate Municipal Judge for several years while maintaining her private law practice. Judge Mejia serves on the Harris County Bail Bond Board, the Houston Galveston Area Council and the State's Office of Court Administration's Judicial Committee on Information Technology.
The seminar registration fee for this CLEonline.com seminar is only $32. SPECIAL DISCOUNT: If you are a member of the HBA, you are entitled to a 20 percent discount and the registration fee is only $25. NOTE: If you are eligible and you wish to receive this special discounted fee, you will need to call the HBA Office in Houston (713-759-1133) and request the 'HBA Discount Code' for CLEonline.com seminars. When you register for this seminar on our site, enter this discount code on the Shopping Cart page to receive the discounted rate.
*** SPECIAL 50% DISCOUNT THIS MONTH ***
This is the last month this seminar is being offered on our site, so for the remainder of this month, you can register for it at a 50 percent discount for only $16. To receive this special discounted fee, you will need to register for this seminar using the following discount code:
jul0193
When you select this seminar and add it to your Shopping Cart on our site, just enter this discount code in the space provided to receive this special discounted rate.
This seminar is accredited for 1.25 hours of participatory CLE credit all in the subject area of legal ethics by the MCLE Committees of the State Bar of Texas and the State Bar of California. In addition, regular CLE credits for this seminar are also available in a number of other states. CLEonline.com is a State Bar of California approved MCLE provider pursuant to Sec. 9 of the California MCLE Rules and Regulations. (These are not self-study credits, but rather 'participatory' credits as you would receive for attending a traditional, live CLE seminar.)
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