Clyde Black Reprimanded

The Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct publicly reprimanded Justice of the Peace Clyde Black of Precinct 1, Houston County, for failing to complete his mandatory 20 hours of judicial education for two consecutive years, the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. Black had already been granted a waiver of the 2020-2021 requirement on the condition that he complete the missed 19 hours alongside the following year's full requirement — but the Commission found he never provided proof he'd done either.

The Commission cited violations of the Texas Code of Judicial Conduct and the state's judicial education rules.