Welcome to the Justice Center

The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law educates students, faculty, and the legal community about public interest legal issues, and creates opportunities for the Texas Law community to increase access to justice and help underserved individuals and communities. We provide broad support to students, faculty and alumni interested in pro bono work and public service.

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April 9, 2021

COVID Silver Linings: Justice Center Student Advisory Board Carries on Remotely

Taking advantage of the remote meeting format, the board invited three alums - Megan Sheffield ‘13, Elizabeth Esser-Stuart ‘18, and Anjela Jenkins '11 - for student-led discussions

photo of Nat Fine, Jose Murillo, and Jill Applegate.

March 30, 2021

Justice in Action: Immigration Clinic Students Reunify Family of Asylum Seekers

The family is featured in a Refugees International video highlighting the impact of U.S. policy along the southern border. Jill Applegate '21, and Nat Fine '20, appear in the video.

March 30, 2021

Anthony Collier ’22 Elected Chair of National Black Law Students Association

Collier is the Class of 2022 G. Rollie White Public Service Scholar, a full-tuition scholarship for entering students awarded by the Justice Center

March 10, 2021

Justice Center hosts Andre Segura, Legal Director of the ACLU of Texas

Segura addressed recent developments in voting rights in Texas as the spring 2021 “Lives in the Law” speaker

March 4, 2021

GRITS 2021: Building Community Online

Founded at Texas Law in 2015, GRITS - Getting Radical in the South - is an entirely student-run public interest law conference focusing on social justice work in the South

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