June 15, 2022 2022 Whitehurst Public Interest Summer Fellows Announced The 2022 fellowships honor attorneys Trey Apffel, Lynn Bradshaw, Claude Ducloux, Laurie Eiserloh, Marcy Greer, and Erica Grigg
May 18, 2022 Seven Graduates Receive Texas Law Public Interest Postgraduate Fellowships The fellows will receive law school funding to support their first year of employment at a nonprofit or public defense organization
May 11, 2022 Alyssa Gordon, Jacqueline Morales and Zoraima Pelaez receive the 2022 Justice Center Graduating Student Awards The awards recognize outstanding contributions to building and supporting Texas Law’s public interest community and culture of service
April 20, 2022 National Association of Women Judges’ Access to Justice Scholarship Awarded to Lezly Cardenas ’23
April 6, 2022 Mithoff Program hosts pro bono clinic with Huston-Tillotson University Law students evaluated criminal records for eligibility to be expunged or sealed and drafted letters to courts to waive traffic ticket fees to release holds on driver’s licenses
March 3, 2022 Lee Gelernt, Deputy Director of the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, visits as a G. Rollie White Scholar in Residence During his two-day visit, Gelernt participated in events, spoke to classes, and met with students individually and in small groups.
March 1, 2022 Justice Center hosts “FDA at 20: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Fair Defense Act”