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Tennessee municipal and city court judges came together at Nashville's Maxwell House Hotel on November 14, 2002 and voted to form the Tennessee Municipal Judges Association (TMJA). On May 21, 2004, the Tennessee Legislature gave conference status pursuant to the Municipal Court Reform Act of 2004 and thus the name changed to the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference (TMJC). There are approximately 250 municipal, city and recorder court judges in Tennessee. TMJC promotes professional education and act as the municipal judges' voice in Nashville.
Effective March 1, 2005, the Administrative Office of the Courts (“AOC”) welcomed the Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference (“TMJC”) under the umbrella of services that it provides to Tennessee courts.
March 1 was the effective date of the Municipal Court Reform Act that was passed by the General Assembly in 2004. With the passage of the Act, the AOC assumes responsibility for providing educational services to municipal court judges and clerks as well as other services for TMJC.
The Attorney General's Office has released an opinion that upholds the constitutionality of the three-hour education requirement for municipal court judges. The AG Opinion further states that the requirement that the judgments of municipal judges who fail to meet the education requirement are null and void does not violate the constitution. The opinion may be found with the link below:
Municipal court judges and clerks who need assistance, should contact:
Tennessee Municipal Judges Conference
511 Union Street
Suite 600
Nashville, TN 37219
Aaron Conklin,
AOC Staff Attorney
aaron.conklin@tscmail.state.tn.us