Civil Justice

This TTA will focus on developing model practices aimed at increasing the diversity of juries in Harris County. We hosted a kick-off meeting on 10/26/2021 that included a number of public defenders from Harris County as well as jury expert, Professor Nina Chernoff. A letter was drafted so that we could begin discussions with other criminal legal system stakeholder on best ways to increase jury diversity.
Jan.-June 2022: Issued correspondence March, April, and June to no avail. Will issue a formal letter to determine whether TTA is still a needed and a possibility.

The Washington County County District Attorney's Office requested technical assistance to enhance its prosecutorial wellness policies and practices and to revise adjudication policies. PCE was selected to fulfil this request and delivered a final report with recommendations in September 2021.

We participated in an American Indian Justice Conference (AIJC) Planning and coordination call on 05/14/2020 with FVTC, TJI, CCI, and BJA to address various aspects of conference planning and coordination among BJA Tribal TTA. Topics addressed include conference theme, plenary topics, break out session topics for each track, and conference presentation schedule.

We participated in an American Indian Justice Conference (AIJC) Planning and coordination call on 04/30/2020 with FVTC, TJI, and CCI, to address various aspects of conference planning and coordination among BJA Tribal TTA. Topics addressed include conference theme, plenary topics, break out session topics for each track, and conference presentation schedule.

We participated in an American Indian Justice Conference (AIJC) Planning and coordination call on 04/20/2020 with FVTC, TJI, and CCI, to address various aspects of conference planning and coordination among BJA Tribal TTA. Topics addressed include conference theme, plenary topics, break out session topics for each track, and conference presentation schedule.

We participated in a coordination call on 04/16/2020 with BJA, TJI, CCI, TLPI, FVTC, APPA and RuRAL CAP to address coordination among providers to ensure TTA and other deliverables are inclusive of abilities and efforts by all tribal TTA providers, and to address further coordination efforts and schedule future coordination calls.

We participated in a coordination call on 01/27/2020 with BJA, TJI, CCI, TLPI, FVTC, APPA and RuRAL CAP to address coordination among providers to ensure TTA and other deliverables are inclusive of abilities and efforts by all tribal TTA providers, and to address further coordination efforts and schedule future coordination calls.

We participated in a coordination call on 01/16/2020 with BJA, TJI, CCI, TLPI, FVTC, APPA and RuRAL CAP to address coordination among providers to ensure TTA and other deliverables are inclusive of abilities and efforts by all tribal TTA providers, and to address further coordination efforts and schedule future coordination calls.

We participated in a collaborative call on 06/17/2020 with Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) and Center for Court Innovation Tribal Justice Exchange (CCI) to address TTA task assignments, timelines, deliverables, and further collaboration efforts.

We participated in a collaborative call on 05/27/2020 with Tribal Judicial Institute (TJI) and Center for Court Innovation Tribal Justice Exchange (CCI) to address TTA task assignments, timelines, deliverables, and further collaboration efforts.