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

April 30, 2019
Ice Cream Social: Celebration of Service ’19

The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
May 1, 2019
Color of Justice, ’19

A program for Austin-area teens cosponsored with the National Association of Women Judges and the Travis County Women Lawyers Association

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Latest News

April 19, 2019

Justice Center Hosts Janai Nelson, Voting Rights Authority, as G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence

Nelson, associate director-counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, spoke on “Access to Democracy: Race, Citizenship and Voting,” and met with students, faculty and staff

April 12, 2019

MALDEF’s Thomas Saenz vists Texas Law

Saenz, MALDEF President and General Counsel, speaks on “Latino and Immigrant Rights in the Trump Era”

April 2, 2019

Justice Center hosts book talk by The Sentencing Project’s Ashley Nellis

Nellis' book, “The Meaning of Life,” addresses the dramatic growth of life imprisonment

March 15, 2019

Texas Law Aggies Host Saturday Wills Clinic

The Texas Law Aggie Society planned the clinic to to coincide with “The Big Event,” Texas A&M's annual day of service

February 27, 2019

4Girls Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship to fund Kiah DeBolt ’19 to work at The Safe Alliance

New fellowship funds a Texas Law graduate to work with The Safe Alliance assisting survivors of child abuse and neglect, sexual assault, domestic violence, and commercial exploitation

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