DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Austin
6505 N. Interstate 35
Austin, TX 78752
(512) 454-3737
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The Texas Judicial Academy is a partnership between the Texas Association of Counties and the Texas Tech University School of Law.
Overview
The Judicial Forum on Mental Health will give county judges and justices of the peace information about the nature of mental illness in the courts, how to create important partnerships and crucial legislative updates.
Who Should Attend
County Judges
Justices of the Peace
To encourage open discussion and to facilitate security, only member judges, that session’s speaker and TAC staff will be allowed in the meeting rooms during sessions. This would apply, for example, to guests, assistants, spouses, etc. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with this policy.
Reimbursement
This program is partially funded by a Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund Grant administered by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. In accordance with the grant guidelines, judges may be reimbursed for attendance to the Judicial Forum on Mental Health up to $750 total per fiscal year.
All travel reservations made through third-party vendors (such as Hotels.com, Expedia.com, Booking.com, etc.) cannot be reimbursed. For more information on reimbursement, please call Ashley Royer at (800) 456‑5974.
Reimbursement requests must be submitted to TAC within 60 days of the event. Any reimbursement request received after 60 days will not be reimbursed.
Reimbursement may be provided for county judges and justices of the peace only.
Registration Information
The registration fee for this conference is $75.
Registration fees are voluntary and used for expenses that are unallowable or are insufficiently covered by the Judicial and Court Personnel Training Fund Grant. This includes speaker fees, materials, meals and social activities. Fees collected are deposited into a fund held for county judges’ education within the general revenue funds for the Texas Association of Counties.
County Judges Education Advisory Committee
Hon. Stephanie Davis, Chair, Comanche County Judge
Hon. Brett Bray, Blanco County Judge
Hon. Juan Carlos Guerra, Jim Hogg County Judge
Hon. Dan Hicks, Scurry County Judge
Hon. Lisa Johnson, Hemphill County Judge
Hon. Justin Lewis, Hill County Judge
Hon. Robert Newsom, Hopkins County Judge
Hon. Curtis Parrish, Lubbock County Judge
Hon. Byron Ryder, Leon County Judge
Hon. Jimmy Sylvia, Chambers County Judge
Ms. Jamie Baker, Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library, Texas Tech University School of Law Library (ex-officio)
Hon. Tim Addison, TAC President, Yoakum County Commissioner (ex-officio)