Erin Laurel Gaines
- Clinical Professor
Erin Gaines is a clinical professor in the Environmental Clinic, representing communities and non-profits in pollution and climate change cases. Previously, she was a supervising senior attorney at EarthJustice and a Team Manager and Equal Justice Works Fellow at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. After law school, she clerked for the Honorable Gregg Costa on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Gaines has received the State Bar of Texas Poverty Law Section’s Impact Award and the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service’s Houser Award.
Erin Gaines is a Clinical Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in the Environmental Clinic. She represents communities and non-profit groups in cases addressing air and water pollution, public health challenges, and climate change.
Previously, Erin was a supervising senior attorney at EarthJustice, a national environmental law nonprofit, and an Equal Justice Works Fellow and team manager at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, where she represented low-income community groups in environmental justice cases along the Texas Gulf Coast and the Texas-Mexico border. Her work included civil rights and fair housing complaints, permit challenges under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, National Environmental Policy Act review cases, and citizen suit enforcement.
After law school, Erin was a law clerk for the Honorable Gregg Costa on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division. Erin has been awarded the State Bar of Texas Poverty Law Section’s Impact Award and the Texas Low Income Housing Information Service’s Houser Award for her work alongside the Environmental Clinic in the Hillcrest neighborhood in Corpus Christi’s Refinery Row.
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Article
Civil Rights Act Settlement Addresses Housing, Environmental, and Discrimination Claims in Corpus Christi, TX
Erin Laurel Gaines, Kelly L. Haragan. “Civil Rights Act Settlement Addresses Housing, Environmental, and Discrimination Claims in Corpus Christi, TX.” In Texas State Bar Poverty Law Section Newsletter, (Spring 2016). -
Article
Using Civil Rights Laws for Environmental Justice Along the Texas Gulf Coast
Erin Laurel Gaines, Kelly L. Haragan. “Using Civil Rights Laws for Environmental Justice Along the Texas Gulf Coast.” In Shriver National Center on Poverty Law Clearinghouse, (2016). -
Presentation / Panelist / Discussant
Environmental Justice and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
Erin Laurel Gaines, Kelly L. Haragan. “Environmental Justice and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act” at Public Interest Environmental Law Conference 2016: A Legacy Worth Leaving (March 2016).