Every two years, up to 15 law students participate in the Capital Cases Bench Book Project and the Judicial Bench Book Project through the law school’s Richard & Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program.
The William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law has awarded summer 2026 named fellowships to thirty-two outstanding rising 2L and 3L students.
On March 3–4, 2026, the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at the University of Texas School of Law welcomed Sarah Rich, senior attorney at Democracy Forward, as the G. Rollie White
Texas Law alum Genesis Draper ’06, chief public defender for Harris County, returned to campus this spring to discuss the evolving role of public interest law and the future of public defense.
