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Traffic Court Explained
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Before you begin: Traffic Court Explained
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About this program
A useful traffic defense begins with the actual charge and the tribunal hearing it. Kimberly Juszczak joins Eugene Toussaint and David Ourlicht to discuss New York City Traffic Violations Bureau practice, including officer observations, notes, recordings, and the questions that can clarify a disputed event. Examples involving intersections and turns show how preparation connects a particular rule to a particular record.
The written companion develops those hearing skills through a fictional van case. Supplied records, a diagram, foundation questions, and a hearing transcript lead to a completed administrative appeal and an annotated client letter. Readers can examine both the argument and its limits: an inference may remain contested, a witness may be uncertain, and a well-preserved issue does not promise reversal. Separate chapters address mitigation, licensing consequences, and the practical steps needed to close the file.
The recording predates the 2026 DMV changes. The written companion supplies dated legal analysis and separately identified practice examples. Its nine chapters organize the written instruction; video chapter timings are a separate reference.
What you will learn
- Identify the correct tribunal, controlling charge, deadlines, and licensing exposure before choosing a strategy.
- Translate a traffic rule into an element-and-proof chart and a focused hearing argument.
- Conduct useful cross-examination about perception, recollection, notes, and inconsistent accounts.
- Prepare photographs, video, diagrams, and witness testimony with a clear foundation and limited purpose.
- Distinguish legal defenses from mitigation and preserve an adequate record for administrative and judicial review.
- Counsel accurately about the February 2026 point amendments and separate assessment, revocation, and professional-driver consequences.
Who this course is for
Attorneys representing New York drivers or advising clients whose work depends on driving privileges.
Preparation
Use the supplied ticket, driving history, exhibits and client records in the coursebook. Keep the hearing case, point-calculation variants and separate licensing examples distinct.
Course information
- Practice focus:
- Connect each proposed question, exhibit, objection, and review argument to the charged rule and the actual hearing record.
- Format:
- Recorded discussion with companion written study
- Producer:
- Attorneys with Swag Learning Center
- Learning partnership:
- Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County
- Materials:
- 62-page coursebook · Participant review edition 4 · 2026-10-10 · Quality revision Q1 · 2026-10-12
- Proposed CLE request:
- Proposed: 1.5 CLE credits · 0.5 Areas of Professional Practice plus 1.0 Skills
Approval not verified · No credit awarded
Before you watch
This recording predates the 2026 DMV point changes. Its older point and licensing discussion should be read alongside the Traffic Court Part II coursebook and current DMV guidance.
The recording and written materials are educational resources. Use current authority and the facts of a particular matter before applying the discussion in practice. The intended audience is not a determination of CLE eligibility.
Course materials and practice exercise
Materials and study guide
Participant review edition 4 · 2026-10-10 · Quality revision Q1 · 2026-10-12 · 62 pages. Available to read, save, or print.
Open Traffic Court Explained coursebook (PDF) ↗The 62-page review edition 4 includes nine chapters, primary-law references, supplied van-case records, an exhibit and foundation, a fictional hearing transcript, a completed appeal, completed worksheet entries, and a client letter. An unseen problem appears before its reasoned answer; reusable blank worksheets follow the worked instruction.
Coursebook chapters
These are written chapters. The Segments tab follows the episode timeline.
- Identify the forum and the stakes — pp. 7–9
- Turn the charge into a proof problem — pp. 10–14
- Cross-examine for a concrete purpose — pp. 15–19
- Make exhibits useful and trustworthy — pp. 20–25
- Apply the method to recurring charges — pp. 26–31
- Defenses, mitigation, and criminal issues — pp. 32–34
- Counsel about current license consequences — pp. 35–39
- Preserve and pursue review — pp. 40–49
- Close the case with a complete client plan — pp. 50–55
Questions for closer study
- Forum and deadline: Which tribunal is named, what is the exact charge, and what action does the notice require next?
- Proof map: What must be shown about the location, operation, observation and identification? Which fact is genuinely disputed?
- Evidence file: What contemporaneous photographs, video, notes, documents or witnesses could clarify that dispute?
- Hearing record: What request or objection would need to be stated clearly, and what decision or transcript should be retained?
- Client consequences: What separate licensing, registration, employment, insurance or payment issue needs investigation?
Connect each proposed question, exhibit, objection, and review argument to the charged rule and the actual hearing record.
Use the supplied van file to test the officer’s observations, the passenger’s account, and the diagram’s foundation. Compare your analysis with the completed transcript, appeal, and client letter, then attempt the unseen problem before reading its answer.
Study prompts support discussion; they do not establish CLE approval.