Apply to speak at the 2025 Judicial Summit on Mental Health!

The Texas Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH) will host its 8th Annual Judicial Summit on Mental Health, October 7-8, 2025, at the Royal Sonesta Houston Galleria in Houston, TX. The Summit will be presented live and virtually, but speakers will need to attend in person. More than 450 in-person and 1,000 online attendees are anticipated.

This year’s Summit programming is only 1.5 days long. Within this time, we will have two tracks of presentations. At this point in planning, tracks will be separated into rural and urban, and then adult and youth. We will not have additional breakout rooms this Summit, so there are fewer session slots available.

We are looking for presentations that highlight lived-experience experts, cross-disciplinary collaborations, and successful, replicable programs related to best practices in AOT, emergency detention, civil commitment, law enforcement diversion, early identification, mental health courts, competency restoration, or re-entry. JCMH strongly encourages proposals for sessions that are focused on rural counties, present research findings, feature data analysis, and discuss evidence-based practices. Preference will be given to presentations that provide an engaging and interactive experience for the audience.

More information about submitting a proposal is available in the application below.