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March 21, 2018
Filing Clean Water Act citizen suit challenging the filing of wetlands without a permit
The Clinic co-counseled with a local law firm to represent Galveston Baykeeper in challenging the filling of wetlands by a Houston area developer without a permit. Clinic students sent the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers a request for a jurisdictional determination, drafted a Clean Water Act notice of intent to sue, and provided research and […] -
March 20, 2018
Working for the Clinic was a great experience. Much of the environmental law curriculum is focused on theory—what does it mean to be “requisite to protect the public health” and the like. But in the Clinic, you have the opportunity to work with the people behind citizen suits, meet with community activists living on industrial […] -
February 16, 2018
Promoting the Right to Health of Persons living with HIV/AIDS in Guatemala
In partnership with the Dell Medical School, the Clinic prepared an amicus brief to present to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Case 12.484, Cuscul Pivaral et al., with regard to Guatemala: http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/media_center/PReleases/2016/191.asp. The case involves the State’s international responsibility for violating various rights established in the American Convention, to the detriment of 49 […] -
February 6, 2018
UT Report Criticizes How City Of Houston Conducts Apartment Inspections
UT Report Criticizes How City Of Houston Conducts Apartment Inspections -
February 6, 2018
New report reveals extensive deficiencies in Houston’s apartment safety standards
New report reveals extensive deficiencies in Houston’s apartment safety standards -
February 6, 2018
New report calls out Houston’s ‘apartment epidemic’ -
February 6, 2018
Houston’s apartment safety measures ‘severely inadequate,’ UT study finds
Houston’s apartment safety measures ‘severely inadequate,’ UT study finds -
January 26, 2018
Authors: Heather K. Way and Carol Fraser, The University of Texas School of Law Entrepreneurship and Community Clinic Houston is a city of renters, with more than 420,000 rental housing units and the third highest number of occupied apartments in the country. Many of these apartments, however, are unsafe and deteriorating. Following decades of weak […] -
January 23, 2018
The Clinic evaluated the Texas Bar Rules of Disciplinary Procedure in light of what guidance they provide to attorneys dealing with international human rights issues. In particular, the Clinic compared and contrasted the Texas Bar Association’s rules with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. During fall 2017, the Clinic prepared a […] -
January 21, 2018
The Clinic is investigating statewide compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act, researching common Texas violations, and identifying possible solutions and funding sources. We are identifying system with long-standing, health-based violations and are developing a guide to help legal aid attorneys work with their clients and local public water systems to clean up unsafe drinking […]
