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.

Upcoming Events

September 22–23, 2017
GRITS: Getting Radical in the South 2017

GRITS is a student-run public interest law conference that focuses on the difficulties and constraints inherent to social justice work in the South
October 6, 2017
After the Storm: Building Resilient and Equitable Communities

Join state and national experts in a discussion on Hurricane Harvey and strategies for rebuilding communities that are more resilient and equitable.
November 7, 2017
Lives in the Law Speaker Stephen Dixon, Children’s Rights

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Latest News

August 10, 2017

Daniel Hatoum ’16 Awarded Fried Frank Civil Rights Fellowship

Hatoum will work for two years in New York as a Fried Frank litigator and then two years as a staff attorney with the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund

June 15, 2017

Incoming Students, Class of 2020, Awarded Equal Justice Scholarship and G. Rollie White Public Service Scholarship

Anna Roberson worked for an immigration law firm and as an advocacy intern in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Natalie Fine was a paralegal with the Innocence Project in New York City

June 9, 2017

Advancing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Mithoff Pro Bono Program INCLUDE clinics advance the rights of persons with disabilities and involve law students in serving them

May 25, 2017

Mithoff Pro Bono Program celebrates banner year

In 2016-17, legal service projects developed by the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program served over 600 individuals and drew almost 300 law student volunteers

May 15, 2017

Two Awarded Texas Law Post-Graduate Fellowships for 2017-18

Graduates receive law school funded post-graduate fellowships to work with nonprofits starting next fall

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