Admission includes:
One year of TAPS membership
Admission to event sessions
Admission to event trainings
3 breakfasts and 1 lunch
* Members who attend the TAPS 7th Annual Conference and Training Institute can receive CEU’s (Continuing Education Units) and CLE will also be available for attorneys.
Judge Humberto (Beto) Acosta is a licensed attorney in Texas for almost 18 years.
Dr. James Austin is a Senior Associate with the JFA Institute a non-profit research agency which he founded in 2003.
Jonathan Fombonne is First Assistant County Attorney for the Harris County Attorney's Office, where he advises Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee directly and oversees all litigation and enforcement efforts.
Dr. Naufal is an Associate Research Scientist at the Public Policy Research Institute (PPRI) at Texas A&M University, a research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, and Economic Research Forum (ERF).
Janey Smith is the Division Manager for Harris County Pretrial Services enhanced supervision unit and the judicial liaison division.
Hena Rafiq is a Government Innovation Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL) working on criminal justice projects in Harris County, Texas.
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Our Board of Directors welcome’s each of you
to the 2022 Texas Association of Pretrial Services
Annual Conference and Training Institute being
held this year in the great city of San Antonio!
We are so glad each of you to took time out of
your busy schedules to join us for this premiere pretrial networking and
training event held this year on the beautiful and historic Riverwalk during
Cinco De Mayo celebrations. We have some great presenters and topics lined up
to challenge, inspire, and equip you for the important work you do every day to
serve your local community. So much change is happening in our field, and we
intend to bring value like this directly to our practitioners and system stakeholders.
We expect you will hear and learn about many new opportunities; evidence-based and
best practices; recent bail reform legislation and litigation; latest research,
data and trends; fundamental skills; specialty topics; and much more to become
more informed, legally-sound, effective, and efficient back in your jurisdictions.
We also have several great networking events
planned, including a boat tour, to help you connect with colleagues, improve
collaborations, learn from each other’s local work, have some fun while networking,
and return home more refreshed, informed, and energized. So please relax,
settle in, and enjoy the venue and sessions during this top-notch networking
and learning experience.
Please see our registration station or TAPS
representatives if we can assist you in any way. Welcome
to TAPS Conference 2022, and thanks
again for being a part of this year’s event and festivities!