Andrea Marsh
Director of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program
Andrea Marsh is a Clinical Lecturer and the Director of the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. In her role leading the Mithoff Program, Ms. Marsh works with students, private lawyers, and nonprofit organizations to develop and execute pro bono projects that provide meaningful experiential learning opportunities to Texas Law students and provide free legal services to over 1,500 individuals annually.
Prior to joining Texas Law, Ms. Marsh served as the Founding Executive Director of the Texas Fair Defense Project.
Rhiannon Hamam
Supervising Attorney
Rhiannon Hamam is a supervising attorney with the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. Immediately after graduating from Texas Law in 2016, Rhiannon worked as a public defender with the Starr County Regional Public Defender based in Rio Grande City, Texas. She then moved to Austin and worked as appointed criminal defense counsel in private practice, as a mitigation specialist with the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, and most recently as a staff attorney with the Travis County Public Defender’s Office.
At Texas Law, Rhiannon was a cofounder of GRITS, the student-run “Getting Radical in the South” conference. She also served as a Rappaport Center Human Rights Scholar, a Pro Bono Scholar, vice president of administration for the Texas Law chapter of the American Constitution Society, articles editor of the Texas Journal of Civil Liberties & Civil Rights, and staff editor of the American Journal of Criminal Law.
Emily Eagle
G. Rollie White Pro Bono Fellow
Emily Eagle is the G. Rollie White Fellow with the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program. Em graduated in 2024; while in school, she was staff editor of the Texas Review of Litigation and an administrative director for the Texas Law Disability and Neurodivergent Alliance. She served as a Pro Bono Scholar with the Mithoff Program’s INCLUDE project, which is focused on disability law, and participated in the Disability Rights Clinic. She also interned during the school year with Disability Rights Texas and The Arc of Texas, both in Austin.
Sarah Sedgwick
Senior Program Coordinator for the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program
Sarah Sedgwick is your first contact for information on pro bono projects. She coordinates logistics, communication, and volunteer participation for all pro bono events including clinics, service trips, and National Pro Bono Week. Sarah helps students find projects that fit their interests and assists students with reporting their pro bono hours as they work toward fulfilling the Texas Law Pro Bono Pledge. Sarah graduated with a degree in History from UT Austin. After living in Mexico for several years, she worked in program management for a statewide public education nonprofit before coming to Texas Law.