Katherine Himaya Lewis
Following graduation from law school, Katherine Himaya Lewis will work as a fellow at Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma in Tulsa. Her fellowship project will focus on Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma’s Women in Recovery program, an intensive outpatient alternative for eligible women facing long prison sentences. She will represent participants in the program in family law matters to help them maintain their recovery and preserve their families. Her work will be supported by the G. Rollie White Trust Fellowship in Public Interest Law, funded by the G. Rollie White Trust, which the Justice Center administers.
At Texas Law, Katherine was a member of the Women’s Law Caucus, the Human Rights Law Society, the Public Interest Law Association, and First Generation Law Students. She participated in the Children’s Rights Clinic and volunteered for the U.S. Department of State researching international orphan hosting programs. She spent her summers working in Austin with Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid’s Family Defense Project and interning with Travis County Civil District Court Judge Aurora Martinez Jones, who hears cases related to child welfare.