Donna Dugger among 45 court employees in Texas who received special certification
August 15, 2016 Austin, Texas – Center Employee Donna Dugger was among 45 court administrators, clerks, managers, and supervisors from municipal courts across Texas that graduated on Wednesday, August 10, 2016 from the Court Management Program (CMP) of the Institute for Court Management (ICM). ICM is the educational arm of the National Center for State Courts (NCSC) in Williamsburg, Virginia. NCSC, founded in 1971, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice by providing leadership, research, technology, and education services to the state courts. The program was co-sponsored by the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center in Austin (www.tmcec.com). Since 2000, over 500 court professionals from across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have achieved certification.
Dugger is employed as the Court Clerk with the Center Municipal Court. Prior to participation in the CMP final seminar on Purposes and Responsibilities of the Court, Dugger completed five core courses in court administration: Court Performance Standards, Fundamental Issues of Caseflow Management, Managing Court Financial Resources, Managing Human Resources, and Managing Technology.
The court administrators, clerks, managers, and supervisors completing the course of study were recognized in a ceremony held at the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, Texas. The certificates were presented in a ceremony by Presiding Judge Barbara Hervey of the Court of Criminal Appeals and Presiding Judge Ed Spillane of the College Station Municipal Court. ICM recognizes Donna Dugger as a Certified Court Manager (CCM).
