Students will research deaths in custody and officer-involved shootings. Students will contribute to a report and/or article that will survey state data collection on deaths in custody and officer-involved shootings and recommend best practices. The report follows the summer 2016 debut of TJI’s interactive database on deaths in custody in Texas, which was covered by state and national media.
Organization
Texas Justice Initiative
TJI seeks to build narratives around who is dying in Texas’s criminal justice system, bring attention to the lives that have been lost, and provide a foundation for research toward solutions that will save lives. TJI is affiliated with the Institute for Urban Policy and Research and Analysis (IUPRA) at The University of Texas at Austin.
Project Details
- Project Start Date
September 2016
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 2-5 hours per week over the course of fall semester
- Training
- Training will be provided in an initial meeting with the supervising attorney; additional meetings will be scheduled as needed for planning and to answer questions
- Skills used
- Legal research/writing; policy research
- Project location
- At IUPRA on campus or other locations, at the student’s discretion
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 1
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L
- Required skills
- Students interested in criminal law and/or criminal justice reform strongly encouraged to apply
- To Apply
- Submit a cover letter and resume to Amanda Woog at amanda.woog@austin.utexas.edu, with a copy to Sarah Sedgwick at ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu