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May 15, 2019
The Clinic authored and joined with dozens of law and social science professors to submit an “EXPERT RESPONSE TO THE FINAL EMERGENCY INTERIM REPORT OF THE CBP FAMILIES AND CHILDREN CARE PANEL OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL” in May 2019. The response discusses current immigration realities at the US-Mexico border. -
March 14, 2019
The Clinic, together with the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association, developed, at the request of Memoria Abierta, a project to strengthen the work of the inter-American and other human rights systems on the right to memory for serious human rights violations. During 2018, the work focused on the preparation of an annotated […] -
February 10, 2019
Pets with Passports provides pet relocation services with options such as long distance drives, moves across state lines, and even international relocation. ECDC students assisted Pets with Passports with its vendor contracts, customer contracts, and intellectual property. -
February 10, 2019
Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation and Community Land Trusts
With help from the Clinic, Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation (GNDC) developed the first community land trust program in Texas, in which homes are sold to homeowners, while the land underneath the home is leased to the homeowner via a 99-year ground lease. The ground lease prepared by the Clinic contains specific resale restrictions that ensure […] -
December 12, 2018
Las medidas cautelares son el mecanismo que utiliza la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos en situaciones de gravedad y urgencia, por medio del cual la CIDH solicita a un Estado adoptar medidas con el propósito de prevenir daños irreparables a personas. La Clínica como parte de la Coalición Internacional de Organizaciones por los Derechos Humanos […] -
October 31, 2018
Denial of the Whereabouts of Detainees as a Method of Enforced Disappearance in Venezuela
La negación del paradero de personas detenidas como práctica de desaparición forzada en Venezuela En Venezuela han aumentado las desapariciones forzadas e involuntarias como una práctica del Estado que no informa sobre el paradero de personas detenidas, ya sea por períodos cortos, largos, o durante traslados posteriores a la detención oficial. El Centro de Derechos […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with the Texas Civil Rights Project to represent the mother of Danarian Hawkins, a Houston man who died by hanging in the Harris County Jail. Plaintiff brings a claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act in this federal court lawsuit filed in Houston. Hawkins had a psychiatric disability, and the lawsuit […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with the Law Office of Don Tittle, P.C. to help represent individuals who were arrested as a result of being present in the area of a motorcycle club meeting in Waco, after a scuffle broke out in which nine people were shot and killed. Plaintiffs bring claims of false arrest against […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with Disability Rights Texas-Austin to help represent a woman with deafness who was denied access to an employment application on the basis of her disability. Students are reviewing document discovery, drafting discovery requests, and investigating the case. In a separate matter, the Clinic is also partnering with DRT to investigate potential […] -
March 22, 2018
The Clinic is co-counseling with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and The Law Office of Javier Maldonado P.C. to represent a father, daughter and friend who were falsely arrested and subjected to excessive force during a warrantless entry by police into their San Antonio home. Plaintiffs bring claims of false arrest and excessive force in […]
