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May 15, 2023
Texas Law Graduates Receive Prestigious Public Service Fellowships
Eight graduates from the Class of 2023, along with a graduate from the Class of 2022, have received national postgraduate fellowships to work for the public good. -
May 12, 2023
Three Members of the Class of 2023 Receive Texas Law Postgraduate Fellowships
Allaena Cruz, Jordan Phillips, and Danny Woodward will receive a year of support from the Law School to work for nonprofit organizations. -
April 18, 2023
New Funding for Students in Public Service Positions Announced
SPSP ensures those invaluable opportunities are affordable. -
April 13, 2023
Excellence in Public Interest Awards Honor Commitment to the Greater Good
Texas Law Fellowships, the student organization that supports students pursuing public interest law work, presented its annual Excellence in Public Interest Awards at a festive celebration on March 26 in the home of Bill ’70 and Stephanie Whitehurst, longtime supporters of TLF and its mission. “These awards are our opportunity to recognize and honor those […] -
September 6, 2022
Admitted Students Participate in Paid Public Service Fellowship with WLI Program
Texas Law’s participation in the Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI) has led to an exceptional experience for admitted students Brady Miller and Jackson Weihe. They are among 10 students chosen to participate in the 2022-2023 Weil Legal Innovators Class and have deferred their law school starting date to fall 2023 to work in a year-long, […] -
August 16, 2022
Texas Law Students Complete Summer Fellowships with National Workers’ Rights Program
Texas Law students Zoe Dobkin ’24 and Apurva Gunturu ’25 earned prestigious positions through the highly competitive Peggy Browning Fellowship Program this summer. They were two of just 100 law students from around the country recognized for their interest in, and commitment to, workers’ rights. Dobkin, working with the Sugar Law Center for Economic and […] -
June 21, 2022
Texas Law Graduates Receive Prestigious Public Service Fellowships
Six graduates from the Class of 2022, along with two 2021 Texas Law alumnae, have received national postgraduate fellowships to work for the public good. The recent graduates are: Michelle Juma, Carolina Rivera Nelson, Zoraima Pelaez, Liam Veazey, Veronikah Warms, and Samantha Westrum. Jill Applegate and Chloe Kempf represent the Texas Law Class of 2021. […] -
January 14, 2022
New fellowship enables incoming students to defer their first year to work at a WLI partner nonprofit organization Texas Law is participating in the 2022–2023 Weil Legal Innovators Program (WLI), a paid fellowship that enables incoming students to defer their first year of law school to work at a WLI partner nonprofit organization. Applications are […] -
November 23, 2021
Jill Applegate ’21 has been awarded a 2022 Skadden Fellowship to work with the Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem in New York. Her fellowship project will focus on providing direct representation for immigrants who have received deportation orders because of criminal convictions but who have the right to remain in the United States due to changes in […] -
July 13, 2021
Six Graduates Awarded Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships
Texas Law has awarded postgraduate public interest fellowships to four graduating students. Each fellow will receive funding through the law school to support their first year of employment at a nonprofit or public defense organization. A graduating student and a member of the class of 2020 also have been selected for postgraduate fellowships by the […] -
June 21, 2021
Three members of the Class of 2021, along with a 2020 Texas Law alumna, have received national postgraduate fellowships to work for the public good. “It’s a prestigious honor for our Texas Law graduates starting their public interest legal careers to receive these fellowships,” said Mary Murphy, public interest career counselor with the Career Services […] -
June 18, 2020
Seven Members of the Class of 2020 Awarded Texas Law Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships
Seven Members of the Class of 2020 Awarded Texas Law Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowships Texas Law has awarded postgraduate public interest fellowships to five graduating students. Each fellow will receive funding through the Law School to support their first year of employment at a nonprofit or public defense organization. Two graduating students have been selected […]