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 27, 2018
Criminal Justice Reform at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
November 13, 2018
Lives in the Law Speaker Sunu Chandy, National Women’s Law Center

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September 13, 2018

Mithoff Program and Thurgood Marshall Legal Society Partner to Help Parents of Children in Special Education

Law students and Professor Lucy Wood piloted the pro bono project on the Huston-Tillotson University campus in 2017-2018

September 5, 2018

Summer Stories: The 2018 G. Rollie White Trust Public Interest Summer Fellows

The G. Rollie White Trust Public Interest Summer Fellows reflect on their work at legal nonprofits and public defender offices

August 22, 2018

UT Austin Division of Diversity and Community Engagement Honors Justice Center’s Meg Clifford

Clifford is recognized for her role in a prelaw undergraduate scholars program for students at the University of Texas at Austin and Huston-Tillotson University

June 28, 2018

Texas Law Welcomes Incoming Public Interest Scholars, Members of the Class of 2021

Jill Applegate and David Giannaula have been in the Dominican Republic working with undocumented children; Melissa Sopher worked as a paralegal at the Innocence Project in New York City

June 8, 2018

Justice Center Convenes Stakeholders to Discuss Driver License and Criminal Justice Debt Issues

Judges, advocates and policymakers meet to explore the negative consequences of common criminal justice practices involving license suspensions and to review emerging solutions

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