Webinar
Setting the Stage: Strengthening Communication & Collaboration in Staffing
Get to Know Judge Diane Bull
Judge Diane Bull is a retired judge who presided on the criminal bench in Houston, Texas for 24 years. Prior to her judicial service, she pursued her legal career as a prosecutor, a defense attorney, and as legal counsel for a large law enforcement organization.
Currently, she serves as a special judge sitting by assignment in Texas and as a judicial consultant providing technical assistance and training on treatment court and supervision best practices throughout the country.
Judge Bull trains most frequently on topics related to behavior modification using incentives, sanctions, and therapeutic adjustments. She is an award-winning judge who serves on the Governor’s Texas Specialty Court Advisory Council. In her tenure on the bench, she co-founded and presided over the Harris County SOBER DWI Court program and chaired the jurisdiction’s Specialty Courts Committee for many years.
Setting the Stage: Strengthening Communication & Collaboration in Staffing
Join Judge Bull for a new webinar series, Staffing That Works: Strengthening Communication, Collaboration & Engagement. Across the series, we will explore how treatment court teams can strengthen staffing practices through better communication, stronger collaboration, and more effective engagement. Each session focuses on a different aspect of staffing, while also highlighting practical ways technology can support these efforts.
Part One: Setting the Stage: Strengthening Communication & Collaboration in Staffing
Strong staffing starts before anyone walks into the room. It depends on how teams communicate in the lead-up to court, how they prepare, how they listen to one another, and whether every role has the space to contribute meaningfully.
In this session, Judge Bull will explore common communication and collaboration challenges that treatment court teams face during staffing, including uneven participation, unclear role boundaries, conversations that drift off track, and team dynamics that make it harder for people to speak up and feel heard. The session will also highlight practical strategies for creating more focused, respectful, and effective staffing conversations.
We will also explore how technology can support these principles by helping teams communicate more consistently, stay aligned, and reduce friction in the staffing process.
This webinar is 90 minutes long.
Date: Friday, May 22, 2026
Time: 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM ET