Join us for an event for new and returning students to explore public interest lawyering and gather with the public interest community at the law school.
EPI gatherings serve as a space for dialogue, mentorship, and resource-sharing tailored to the particular needs and strengths of students whose public interest work as attorneys may be directly tied to their lived experiences and/or those of their loved ones
This lunch will be a unique opportunity for students to meet with Texas Law faculty over lunch to discuss navigating law school and public interest legal careers.
Dr. Karen Korematsu, Executive Director of the Fred T. Korematsu Institute will be in conversation with Professor Arnold Jin on the importance of Korematsu 80 years later.
Justice Center staff will provide information about the SPSP for summer 2024, including eligibility, funding, and how to apply, and answer students’ questions.
This lunch will be a time to continue building community, talk about the impact of grades on public interest job searching, and plans for the rest of the semester!
The Visiting Room Project is a digital experience that invites the public to sit face-to-face with people serving life without the possibility of parole and hear them tell their stories.
Questions about your search for summer public interest positions? the Public Service Career Fair? Wondering about clinics and classes for next year? Justice Center Student Advisory Board members are here to help.
Environmental attorney Patrice Simms, G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence, reflects on his path pursuing social justice in public interest, government, and academic settings.
Patrice Simms, Vice President of Litigation for Healthy Communities at Earthjustice, Co-founder of People over Plastic, and Visiting Professor at Harvard Law, visits Texas Law as the Justice Center's 11th G. Rollie White Public Interest Scholar in Residence.
Join the Justice Center for a mid-semester check-in lunch as part of the initiative designed to support public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers.
Meet Justice Center and Pro Bono Program staff and students; learn about our programming, summer fellowships, scholarships, and other resources; tour our space
The case, Murillo v Musegades, emerged from advocacy led by Bowie High School students as they saw Border Patrol entering their campus repeatedly and stopping, detaining and using force against their classmates, teachers, family and friends.
Please join us for a forum to reflect on this anniversary while recognizing the impacted individuals and organizations who are leading the fight to dismantle the incarceration machine in Austin and throughout Texas.
Join the Justice Center for lunch as part of the initiative designed to support public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers.
Join us for an event for new and returning students to explore public interest lawyering and gather with the public interest community at the law school.
Join the Justice Center for an End of Year Lunch for public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers. At this lunch, we will reflect on events of the year, share wellness tips for finals season, and talk about how to build meaningful mentorship relationships at summer internships!
Join the Justice Center for a mid-semester check-in! This event is part of the initiative that seeks to support students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers. The space will be a time for continuing to build community, ask any questions about summer funding resources, and discussion about resources that can make a public interest law career more financially feasible for low-income students.
Demetria McCain, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will be available to meet with students for office hours and lunch
McCain, HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, will give a talk entitled “Federal Fair Housing Policy in the Biden-Harris Administration.”
Questions about your search for summer public interest positions? Wondering about clinics and classes for next year? Justice Center Student Advisory Board members are here to help.
Adeola Ogunkeyede, Chief Public Defender of the Travis County Public Defender’s Office, the first to serve in this role, will speak on “Fighting for Justice Through Institution Building: The First Two Years of the Travis County Public Defender’s Office”
This symposium brings together leading experts on prison and jail conditions to reflect on some of the most critical and challenging issues in the field.
Questions about your search for summer public interest positions? the Public Service Career Fair? Wondering about clinics and classes for next year? Justice Center Student Advisory Board members are here to help.
Join the Justice Center for a discussion about grades for public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers. We’ll also touch on resources for the summer public interest job search and funding.
Meet Justice Center and Pro Bono Program staff and students; learn about our programming, summer fellowships, scholarships, and other resources; tour our space
Justice Center staff will provide information about the SPSP for summer 2023, including eligibility, funding, and how to apply, and answer students’ questions.
Questions about the summer public interest job search, classes/clinics, postgrad opportunities, or public interest at Texas Law more generally? Members of the Justice Center student advisory board are here to help.
Join the Justice Center for a community-building session for public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers.
Author Robert Chase will discuss his book “We Are Not Slaves,” a history of the prisoners’ rights movement in Texas in the second half of the 20th century.
Join the Justice Center for the launch of a new program designed to support public interest law students whose lived experiences intersect with the legal systems they seek to challenge in their careers.
Join the Immigration Clinic, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, and the Justice Center for Public Interest Law for an interdisciplinary panel discussion about strategies for addressing the problems raised by electronic surveillance and monitoring of asylum seekers.
Adams will speak to the connection between trauma and the law, the effects of a system that works against those who have already had difficult life experiences, and how law students and future lawyers can work to change the system.
A panel discussion about the impact of Governor Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" on individuals and communities along the border as well as the unique partnerships and advocacy strategies challenging the policy's implementation.
Join the Mithoff Program in a conversation with Lee Gelernt and Steven Herzog about their work to locate migrant parents deported without their children
Meet Justice Center and Pro Bono Program staff and students; learn about our programming, summer fellowships, scholarships, and other resources; tour our space
An event for new and returning students exploring lawyering for social change, including an inspiring keynote, a panel featuring recent graduates and clinical professors, and opportunities to connect with like-minded students, faculty, staff and attorneys.
Join students of the Justice Center advisory board in an informal conversation with Anjela Jenkins, Switzerland-based Manager of Partnerships for Inclusive Health at the Special Olympics
A panel of experts discusses changes to immigration policies in the Biden administration, focusing on legislative reform, temporary protections and interior enforcement
Andre Segura, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, will speak on “Voting Rights in Texas: The 2020 Elections and What’s Ahead”
A panel of experts discusses changes to immigration policies in the Biden administration, focusing on detention and border policies that exclude asylum seekers
Meet Justice Center and Pro Bono Program staff and students; learn about our support for students interested in nonprofit, government, and legislative service
Join students of the Justice Center advisory board in an informal conversation with public defender Elizabeth Esser-Stuart of the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
Lunch program and panel discussion honoring Judge William Wayne Justice's centennial and celebrating his legacy through the Justice Center and the Mithoff Pro Bono Program
Celebrating 15 years of the Justice Center, 10 years of the Mithoff Pro Bono Program, and Judge William Wayne Justice’s 100th birthday with pizza and cupcakes
Karakatsanis will discuss his new book and his work around the country to fight cash bail, inadequate indigent defense practices, and other facets of the criminalization of poverty
Join us for a discussion focusing on the summer job search and planning your path through law school. Panel will feature 3Ls with a range of experiences who are headed to public interest careers. Lunch served.
The number of formal and informal evictions is rising in Austin, with devastating impacts on renters and their families. Join us for a conversation with housing advocates, tenants, and elected officials to discuss the harsh realities of evictions and what allies can do to support renters facing eviction.
An event for new and returning students exploring lawyering for social change, including an inspiring keynote, a recent alumni panel, and opportunities to connect with like-minded students, faculty, staff and attorneys.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
Featuring scholars and practitioners engaged in reform efforts across the school-to-prison pipeline, the juvenile justice system, and the adult criminal justice system
An event for new students exploring lawyering for social change, including an inspiring keynote, a student/alumni panel, and opportunities to connect with like-minded students, faculty, staff and attorneys.
A convening of judges, advocates and policymakers to explore the negative consequences of common criminal justice practices involving license suspensions and to review emerging solutions
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
Allen will discuss his cutting edge firm practice and how he transitioned from the nonprofit to the for-profit sector, and then meet with students individually in the CSO suite
Peter Blanck, chairman of the Burton Blatt Institute at Syracuse University, discusses the American Bar Association's nationwide longitudinal study of biases encountered by disabled and LGBT+ lawyers in the legal profession
A lunch panel highlighting the role of pro bono counsel in O’Donnell v. Harris County, a successful challenge to a pretrial detention system. Hosted by the Mithoff Pro Bono Program in conjunction with the ABA's National Pro Bono Celebration
An event for new students exploring lawyering for social change, including an inspiring keynote, a student/alumni panel, and opportunities to connect with like-minded students, faculty, staff and attorneys.
Victims of natural disasters such as Harvey and Irma have tremendous legal needs. Those needs change over time, during different phases of recovery, and may continue over years. Join several Texas Law faculty members for a discussion of how lawyers and law students can help with disaster response and discovery.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
People with mental illness are greatly overrepresented among the millions of individuals cycling through our criminal justice system. Travis County is no exception, with the number of jail inmates with mental illness trending steeply upward over the past ten years. Steps have been taken to address the issue through the Health Justice Learning Collaborative and other efforts, but more is needed.
Clinical faculty and students discuss how to handle the opportunities and challenges that come up in these unique work environments, including steering clear of ethical pitfalls
Toti, lead counsel in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt speaks on “Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: A Victory for Women, Science & the Rule of Law”
G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence Janelle Orsi, Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, will discuss the rapidly changing state of the sharing economy as well as ways in which the sharing economy could be, and in some cases is already, a truly transformative force for social and environmental justice.
G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence Janelle Orsi, Executive Director & Co-Founder of the Sustainable Economies Law Center, will speak and join a panel discussion with local lawyers whose transactional practices promote social justice.
Learn about Justice Center funding for summer fellowships, our events and programming, and other resources we provide for students interested in nonprofit, government, and legislative service. Explore how you can be involved next year, including participating as a Baron & Budd Scholar, Public Service Scholar, or Pro Bono Scholar. There will also be time to visit with us and students who are involved in our projects
Join us for a lunchtime discussion on the Texas Law Civil Rights Clinic’s new report Preventable Tragedies: How to Reduce Mental Health-Related Deaths in Texas Jails. The Report tells the stories of ten tragic and preventable deaths in Texas jails and offers recommendations to improve diversion and treatment of persons with mental illness and related health needs.
How a low-income, historically black community achieved a multi-million dollar civil rights settlement to mitigate longstanding environmental injustice along Corpus Christi’s industrial ship channel
In honor of the American Bar Association’s National Pro Bono Celebration, the Mithoff Pro Bono Program hosts a panel of pro bono lawyers and activists who played a lead role in Ivy v. Morath
In conjunction with the American Bar Association’s week-long National Pro Bono Celebration, the Mithoff Pro Bono Program has planned a series of events to highlight the role of Texas Law in delivering pro bono legal services. The Mithoff Program also is partnering with legal services providers in Austin to deliver free legal services during the National Pro Bono Celebration.
Stevenson, a dynamic speaker and renowned lawyer, has represented capital defendants and prisoners for more than 30 years. He is a faculty member at NYU School of Law and the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Alabama.
Current and former fellows address how to position yourself as a viable candidate for highly competitive postgraduate fellowships. Co-sponsored with the Career Services Office.
Learn strategies to manage your educational debt, including the Texas Law and federal loan repayment and forgiveness programs for lawyers pursuing jobs in the government and public interest sectors. Co-sponsored with the Career Services Office.
An event for new students exploring lawyering for social change, including an inspiring keynote, small group lunches, a student/alumni panel, and opportunities to connect with like-minded students and attorneys.
Justice Center convenes stakeholder conversation on Class C fines and fees, bringing together municipal and justice of the peace judges, state officials, and advocates to discuss current practices in Texas and to identify innovative possibilities for change
Texas Law's Prof. Mechele Dickerson keynotes this event focusing on Texas’ racial wealth gap. Panelists include Ann Baddour, director of Texas Appleseed’s Fair Financial Services Project; Don Baylor, from the Urban Institute; and Roy Lopez, Community Development Officer with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
Immigration attorney Rachel Tiven will speak on “Personal Pride and Overcoming Prejudice: What Can the LGBT and Immigrant Rights Movements Teach Each Other?”
This conference examines fundamental changes evolving in contemporary employment relationships and the challenges those changes present for workers’ rights and for labor and employment lawyers.
Christy E. Lopez, deputy chief, Special Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, Justice Department, on “Policing the Police: The Federal Government’s Role in Reforming Police Practices.”
An event introducing students to lawyering for social change, connecting students with like-minded students and attorneys, and inspiring students to dedicate their careers to social justice.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
A conference examining the Supreme Court’s decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin and exploring contemporary debates involving diversity in higher education.
Town of Greece involves legal limits on public prayer in government meetings. Laycock argued before the US Supreme Court on behalf of Galloway last fall.
Guillory and Garrigan will discuss their class action accusing the City of Tenaha and Shelby County of illegally seizing money and property from black and Latino motorists passing through the town.
The Justice Center and Student Bar Association's annual awards ceremony and ice cream social recognizing exemplary Texas Law students, recent alumni and teachers.
An update on recent cases challenging Arizona’s and Georgia’s anti-immigrant statutes and their effects on other state anti-immigrant laws, and the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform.
Robert Moossy, acting section chief, Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, addresses federal initiatives, national policy, and best practices to end human trafficking.
A conference exploring the historical link between lynching and the death penalty, and the enduring role of lynching and race discrimination in contemporary capital litigation.
Di Leva will speak about international environmental law, the role of a lawyer at the World Bank, and his work on sustainable development and climate change.
A film documenting “the dramatic legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter-century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her.”
Kathryn S. Fuller, ’76, Chair of the Ford Foundation, Former President and CEO of the World Wildlife Fund, Visits Texas Law as the Inaugural G. Rollie White Public Service Scholar-in-Residence, March 8-10
