Notices and Announcements

Save the Date: 2024 Riley Fletcher Basic Municipal Law Seminar 

The 2024 Riley Fletcher Basic Municipal Law Seminar will take place on February 8-9 in Austin.  More details coming soon! 

TCAA Paralegal Program 

The Texas City Attorneys Association (TCAA) is excited to offer its second webinar in its Paralegal Program. This webinar will cover municipal ethics and will take place on Tuesday, November 7, 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. The course is free for TCAA members and $40 for nonmembers.  

Click here to register. Please email Miguel Martinez at miguel@tml.org for questions. 

2023 TCAA Fall Conference Business Meeting

At the October 5, 2023 TCAA Fall Conference, TCAA membership, took the following actions:

  • The membership, by a majority vote,  amended the TCAA Constitution.  The 2023 amendments can be found here.
  • The membership elected the 2023-2024 TCAA Board of Directors.  A list of the TCAA Board of Directors can be found here.

Volunteer Opportunity 

The YMCA Texas Youth and Government Program allows high school participants to show off their knowledge through legislative sessions, mock trials, media publications, and elections held during the District (Nov. 4, 11, or 18, 2023, depending on location) and State (Feb. 1-4, 2024) Conferences in Austin. The judicial section depends on practicing attorneys and legal staff to judge student performances on mock trial and moot court teams. Interested individuals can find links to fill out a volunteer interest form for the various district events and the State Conferences here: https://ymcatexasyg.org/get-involved/volunteer/.

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 at their events. It’s much more than that. Click here to view a quick video about IMLA membership.  

Continuing Legal Education 

2023 Summer Conference 

This TCAA online seminar is 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 this seminar, 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.