Community Connections Participants
Community Connections brings together Texas Law students with faculty, staff, alumni, and attorneys working across a wide range of public interest fields. During two small-group conversation rounds, participating faculty and practitioners will rotate among student tables, giving students an opportunity to hear different perspectives, learn about a variety of career paths, and make connections within Texas Law’s public interest community.
Participating faculty and practitioners are listed below with their primary areas of work. Participants are subject to change.
- Justin Atkinson, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society – Housing & Economic Justice
- Emani Brown, Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender’s Office – Criminal Legal System
- Allaena Cruz, Staff Attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid – Housing & Economic Justice
- Karly Jo Dixon, Staff Attorney, Travis County Public Defender Office – Criminal Legal System
- Cindy Dyar, Clinical Professor, Children’s Rights Clinic – Family Law
- Lisa Eskow, Clinical Professor, Supreme Court Clinic – Civil Rights & Discrimination
- Denise Gilman, Clinical Professor, Immigration Clinic – Immigrant’s Rights
- Kassi Gonzalez, Senior Attorney, Texas Civil Rights Project – Immigrant’s Rights
- Apurva Gunturu, Equal Justice Works Fellow, American Gateways – Immigrant’s Rights
- Kelly Haragan, Clinical Professor, Environmental Clinic – Environmental Law & Justice
- Aaron Johnson, Attorney, Fair Labor Law – Housing & Economic Justice
- Austin Kaplan, Attorney, Kaplan Law Firm – Private Practice & Plaintiff-Side Litigation
- Jennifer Laurin, Professor, Texas Law – Criminal Legal System
- Jim Marcus, Clinical Professor, Capital Punishment Clinic – Criminal Legal System
- Gwynn Marotta, Reproductive Justice Legal Fellow – Reproductive Justice
- Frances Martinez, Clinical Professor, Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic – Nonlitigation: Policy, Community Advocacy, Community Development
- Nelson Mock, Clinical Adjunct Professor, Housing Clinic – Housing & Economic Justice
- Corey Pemberton, Attorney, Texas Legislative Council – Nonlitigation: Policy, Community Advocacy, Community Development
- Rachel Rebouche, Professor, Texas Law – Reproductive Justice
- Blake Rocap, Senior Fellow, Director, Sissy Farenthold Reproductive Justice Defense Project, Rapoport Center – Reproductive Justice
- Raoul Schonemann, Clinical Professor, Capital Punishment Clinic – Criminal Legal System
- Elizabeth Sepper, Clinical Professor, Texas Law – Reproductive Justice
- Lia Sifuentes Davis, Clinical Professor, Civil Rights Clinic – Civil Rights & Discrimination
- Elissa Steglich, Clinical Professor, Immigration Clinic – Immigrant Rights
- Leslie Strauch, Clinical Professor, Children’s Rights Clinic – Family Law
- Heather Way, Clinical Professor, Housing Policy Clinic & Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic – Nonlitigation: Policy, Community Advocacy, Community Development
- Chris Willett, Co-Director, Transnational Works Rights Clinic – Housing & Economic Justice
- Lucy Wood, Clinical Professor, Disability Rights Clinic – Disability Rights