CLE hours due for attorneys on court-appointed list

As you probably know, most indigent defense programs in Texas are required to confirm that the attorneys on their lists have sufficient criminal law CLE hours each year.  In Bell County, all criminal defense attorneys who receive appointments must have a minimum of six criminal law CLE credits each calendar year.

Therefore, if you are on any of the court-appointed attorney lists, you need to print out your CLE courses and give them to the Indigent Defense Coordinator before the end of the year.

To get your CLE hours, go here and login.  It asks for your bar card number and your password.  If you do not yet have a password, what’s wrong with you?  This is a great resource for attorneys!  Once you logon to your "MyBarPage", go to the section labeled "My MCLE Hours".  Click the red box that says, "View/Report Hours".  You will then be taken to a page that shows all of your CLE for the last seven or eight years. 

You may have to change the year if your birthday (CLE anniversary) occurred after the criminal law CLE you completed.

Print out this list showing your six or more hours of criminal law CLE, and give it to the IDC and you’ll be in compliance.  Failure to provide proof of your CLE will result in your being placed on hold until you comply.  You have been warned!

Combined District and County Dockets

Just as a reminder, if you’re tired of printing out both the District and County dockets for Bell County criminal courts, you can find a combined docket on my website.  Each Saturday morning I combine the "2C" docket for county criminal cases with the district courts’ criminal dockets and sort by attorney name.  At the bottom are listed the cases where the defendant does not have an attorney, sorted by defendants names. 

The dockets are located at: http://www.jeffparkerlaw.com/dockets/.  The most recent week is listed at the top, and the previous weeks are below that.  The docket is in Adobe PDF format.  If you need a free reader, you can download the latest version here.

If you ever need to go back and check an old docket, I’ve got those, too.  I started combining the dockets on my website during the second week of August, so that’s the oldest one listed.