Kirsten Budwine
Kirsten Budwine is a Policy Attorney at the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) in Austin. She joined TCRP as a Manne Family Legal Fellow with the Criminal Legal Program for the 2023-24 term. In this role, she worked to mitigate the negative impacts of the criminal legal system by addressing issues of over-policing and criminalization in Texas.
At Texas Law, Kirsten served as a 1L coordinator for the Thurgood Marshall Legal Society, a 2L Student Bar Association representative, and the outreach director for Law Students for Black Lives. She participated in the Civil Rights Clinic, Capital Punishment Clinic, and Juvenile Justice Clinic. She worked for the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, the Travis County Public Defender’s Office, and the Texas Civil Rights Project.