Notices and Announcements

2023 TCAA Summer Conference!

The 2023 Summer Conference at the Westin Riverwalk in San Antonio will take place June 14-16, 2023.

The TCAA Summer Conference is the best CLE program created specifically for municipal lawyers. Earn up to 13.00 hours MCLE credit (including 2.50 ethics hours)! Bring the family to experience everything San Antonio has to offer and join us as we continue the TCAA tradition of excellence.

For more information, including housing, and to register for this conference, please go to: https://www.tcaasummerconference.org/.

Conference Topics Include:

  • Public facility corporations
  • Trends in charter initiatives
  • Eminent domain
  • Public corruption in procurement
  • Strategies for addressing houselessness
  • Legislative update
  • Ethics
  • And more!

88th Legislative Session

The 2023 legislative session began on January 10. Stay informed by checking TML’s Legislative Update weekly for summaries of city-related bills and associated articles.

NEW! TCAA Paralegal Program

The Texas City Attorneys Association (TCAA) is pleased to announce its first ever Paralegal Program, a series of hour-long webinars that will provide municipal education and training to paralegals and legal assistants. The first webinar will cover the fundamentals of city regulation, including basic components of home rule and Type A, B, and C municipalities. The first webinar will take place via zoom on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. This course has been approved for 1 hour of CLE credit by the State Bar of Texas Paralegal Division.

Click here to register. A zoom link with instructions will be sent to the email address provided. Please email Alyssa White at alyssa@tml.org for questions.

2023 TCAA Fall Conference: Call for Speakers

The Texas City Attorneys Association invites all attorneys interested in presenting at the 2023 TCAA Fall Conference, in Dallas, to submit your ideas to Evelyn Njuguna at evelyn@tml.org by May 19, 2023.  This year’s conference will be held on October 5, 2023. Questions? Contact Evelyn Njuguna at evelyn@tml.org or 512-231-7400.

SAVE THE DATE – UPCOMING TCAA EVENT!

The 2023 TCAA Fall Conference will take place on October 5, 2023, in Dallas, and will be held in conjunction with the TML Annual Conference.

TCAA Online Membership Directory

Looking to find the contact information for a fellow TCAA member? You can find it using the TCAA membership directory, available here.

IMLA Membership

Membership with IMLA doesn’t just mean discounts to their events. It’s much more than that. Click here to view a quick video about IMLA membership.

Continuing Legal Education

2022 Summer Conference and 2022 Fall Conference

These TCAA online seminars are FREE, allowing TCAA members who are city attorneys, assistant city attorneys, or attorneys who regularly practice municipal law to view the videos from the conferences in a singlesession format. Viewing a session allows attorneys to receive participatory CLE credit with the State Bar. To view these seminars, please visit tcaaonlineseminars.org. (Use the case-sensitive password “FreeCLE” to gain access to the sessions.)

If you would like to have an article considered for publication in the TCAA newsletter, please send your request to Amber McKeon-Mueller at amber@tml.org.