Meeting/Event Information
Nuts and Bolts 2026
October 30, 2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Double Height Courtroom, Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, TX 78205
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Date and Time
Friday October 30, 2026
Registration 8:30 AM
Sessions 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Registration 8:30 AM
Sessions 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Where
Double Height Courtroom
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, Room 2.01, Second Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, Room 2.01, Second Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205
CLE Credit
6.5 Hours
Including 1 Hour Ethics
Texas MCLE
Including 1 Hour Ethics
Texas MCLE
The Lineup
| 9:00 AM | Building a Tribe: Turning Strangers Into Allies Through Voir Dire Jessica Joyner |
| 9:45 AM | Tick Tock, State: Litigating the Right to Speedy Trial Jessica Gonzalez |
| 10:45 AM | DWI 101: What Every New Lawyer Needs to Know Bryan Orihel |
| 12:00 PM | Defending Everyone but Yourself: Burnout, Balance and the Criminal Defense Lawyer Matt Allen · The Ethics Hour |
| 1:00 PM | Family Violence 101: Handling Your First Capital Misdemeanor Kellye Fernandez |
| 2:15 PM | Hanging a Shingle: Building Your Practice from the Ground Up Dayna Jones |
| 3:30 PM | Weed College Jonathan Chavez |
Morning break 10:30 to 10:45. Lunch 11:45 to 12:00. Afternoon break 2:00 to 2:15.
Registration
| Law Student Members | Free |
| New Members practicing under one year | Free |
| Members registered by October 15 | $90 |
| Members after October 15 | $100 |
| Non-Members | $200 |
Use the Register Now button. Members sign in first for the member rate; guests continue without an account. Law students and lawyers in their first year attend free as SACDLA members, and joining takes a minute.
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Presented by the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Presented by the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
Tickets
$100.00 SACDLA Member
$90.00 Earlybird rate before October 15
$200.00 Non-Member Ticket
$0.00 St. Mary's Law Student Member
$0.00 New Member Practicing Less Than 1 Year
