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April 9, 2024
Students with the Immigration Clinic prepared a report on behalf of the American Bar Association Commission on Immigration critiquing the Department of Homeland Security’s widespread electronic monitoring of migrants through ankle monitors and the SmartLINK phone app. As of December 2023, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was electronically monitoring more than 190,000 migrants. A 2022 […] -
March 29, 2024
This report examines the troubling and growing array of fees that tenants are confronting in the Texas rental housing market. These charges, also known as “junk fees,” obscure the true price of housing and prevent comparison shopping; they impose financial strains on tenants and create barriers to affordable housing access. The report includes five categories […] -
March 7, 2024
Mama Kitchen Press is a start-up publishing company that provides traditional publishing services to authors whose work is centered on personal stories. ECDC students assisted MKP with contracts, intellectual property, and choice of entity. -
March 7, 2024
Ready Up Aquatics is a woman-owned business that provides complete pool management services and swim lesson in Central Texas. ECDC students assisted Ready Up Aquatics with entity formation, customer contracts, and personnel policies. -
February 7, 2024
In December 2023, the Texas Civil Rights Project and the Civil Rights Clinic released a report detailing the detailing the extreme harms done by placing people who are incarcerated in solitary confinement. The report explains why the practice is dangerous, what factors allow the practice to continue, and how solitary confinement leaves lasting physical and […] -
February 7, 2024
In the Spring 2023, the Clinic worked with Texas Fair Defense Project to prepare litigation regarding the over detention of an individual in Smith County jail. TFDP’s litigation brought due process claims under Section 1983 and alleged that the county’s policies resulted in routine over detention, including holding an individual for 27 days in excess […] -
February 7, 2024
The Clinic is co-counseling with Rebecca Webber of Webber Law to represent Karen McGee, a woman in her 70s who was arrested at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport after she missed her flight and became disoriented and anxious. She has bilateral hearing loss. The litigation alleges she could not communicate with police officers because her […] -
February 7, 2024
The Clinic is co-counseling with Rebecca Weber of Webber Law to represent Karen McGee, a woman in her 70s who was arrested at the Austin Bergstrom International Airport after she missed her flight and became disoriented and anxious. She was incarcerated at Travis County Jail for two nights. Her lawsuit alleges that McGee, who has […] -
February 7, 2024
The Clinic is co-counseling with Brian East at Disability Rights Texas to represent an experienced truck driver with deafness. The lawsuit alleges that the plaintiff was denied a job as a truck driver because of his disability despite holding an Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration exemption from the hearing requirement. Students are preparing the case […] -
February 7, 2024
In the Fall of 2023, the Clinic worked with Mano Amiga to develop guides and materials for community court watchers. Court watching is a way for community members to engage with the criminal legal system in a way meant to promote accountability, visibility, and empowerment. During the semester, students observed court hearings, created court watching […]
