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November 17, 2015
Steps Forward, Not Far Enough: A Reaction to Wilson, Prokop, & Robins
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November 17, 2015
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November 17, 2015
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November 17, 2015
Experts question Abbott’s authority to block Syrian refugees
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November 3, 2015
United Nations torture committee eyes Texas prison conditions
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October 30, 2015
The Clinic is co-counseling with the Texas Fair Defense Project (TFDJ) and Susman Godfrey LLP to represent Austin-area residents who face jail time for petty misdemeanors, solely because they lack the ability to pay. We represent two plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging the Austin Municipal Court’s policies and practices of failing to determine […] -
October 27, 2015
Lawsuit Challenges Austin’s Debt-Collection Practices That Punish, Jail Low-Income Residents
AUSTIN, TX (Oct. 27, 2015) – The Texas Fair Defense Project, the Civil Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law and the law firm of Susman Godfrey LLP filed suit today against the city of Austin for unconstitutionally jailing low-income central Texans. The complaint, Gonzales et al. v. City of Austin, filed […] -
October 26, 2015
The Clinic is co-counseling with the ACLU of Texas, to represent a U.S. citizen who was subjected to excessive force by an officer of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) during a search of her vehicle in Brownsville. The Bivens lawsuit, filed in federal district court in Brownsville, alleges that the CBP official violated her […]
