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December 17, 2020
Este seminario web, presentado en (EGBI) de Austin el 1 de diciembre de 2020, presenta información general sobre los gravamenes del mecánico. El gravamen del mecánico es gravamen que ortoga al subcontratistas que no ha recibido pago por su trabajo. Esta información está dirigida a los subcontratistas que trabajan en el sector de la construcción. […] -
December 17, 2020
This webinar, presented at the Economic Growth Business Incubator (EGBI) of Austin on December 1, 2020, presents an overview of Mechanic’s Liens. A mechanic’s lien is a powerful tool that can help subcontractors receive payment for work they have performed. The presentation is directed to subcontractors working in the construction sector. For a Spanish version […] -
November 16, 2020
The Human Rights Clinic collaborated with the Austin Community Law Center and Trans Pride Initiative to address the harms that transgender incarcerated people face within the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Texas Family Code 45.103 restricts the ability of incarcerated persons from changing their name. The Clinic sent surveys to 300+ transgender incarcerated persons to […] -
September 14, 2020
‘A rudderless ship’With little oversight, the San Antonio Housing Trust has offered $39 million in tax breaks for affordable housing. But rents are too high for most low-income residents. -
May 7, 2020
April 2020: The Clinic along with attorneys from Texas RioGrande Legal Aid represented six women who are medically vulnerable due to their age and medical conditions in a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seeking release from a civil immigration detention facility in El Paso that had several confirmed cases of COVID-19. The women […] -
March 28, 2020
Question Presented: Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing illegal immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i), is facially unconstitutional. -
March 28, 2020
Question Presented: Whether the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 Section 4072’s provision of “exclusive” federal jurisdiction applies to suits against private insurers. -
March 28, 2020
Question Presented: Should “applicable” and “not inconsistent” in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act be interpreted according to their ordinary meanings, such that California’s Labor Code, which is both “relevant, suitable, and fit” and not “incompatible” with the Fair Labor Standards Act, applies to employee compensation for drilling activities on the Outer Continental Shelf? -
March 28, 2020
Ogle v. Texas, No. 18-1182 (cert. petition filed March 8, 2019)
Question Presented: Does a statute criminalizing speech that is both in-tended and reasonably likely to annoy, alarm, or embarrass another person prohibit a substantial amount of protected speech in relation to the statute’s legitimate sweep, thus violating the First Amendment? -
March 28, 2020
Citgo v. Frescati, No. 18-565 (amicus brief supporting certiorari filed November 30, 2018)
Question Presented: Whether under federal maritime law a safe berth clause in a voyage charter contract is a guarantee of a ship’s safety, as the Third Circuit below and the Second Circuit have held, or a duty of due diligence, as the Fifth Circuit has held.
