SAN ANTONIO – Lawyers and judges took part Friday in a day-long remote training session aimed at insuring a more judicially efficient court system in Bexar County courtrooms.
”Since the beginning of the pandemic, the Bexar County court system has been forced to operate under a new set of challenging and sometimes confusing set of guidelines,” said district court judge Stephanie Boyd, who organized the session.
During the session, each judge was given a 15-minute window to explain the changes in the operation of their court followed by questions posed by attorneys.
One issue facing attorneys is balancing court appearances.
“I’ve heard frustration from lawyers saying, ‘Well I’m being invited to this Zoom or that Zoom. I can’t be in both.' You can do exactly what you would do in open court and call the coordinator,” said district court judge Catherine Torres-Stahl.
The session, hosted by the San Antonio Black Lawyers Association, is part of several continuing legal education seminars lawyers are required to attend annually.
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