Dale Bryan Tillery

The courtroom supports document-camera, DVD, laptop presentation, and video display; counsel are encouraged to test presentations days or weeks in advance.

The Court is equipped with a document reader (commonly referred to as an ELMO), a DVD player, and the capacity for counsel to connect laptop computers to project presentations and video in the courtroom. Because technology can be uncertain, parties and counsel are encouraged to test their presentations days or weeks in advance of hearing or trial.

Dallas County's civil district court directory provides an official AV equipment training video for courtroom preparation.

AV Equipment Training Video

In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement.

Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2).

Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings.

A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: