Virtual Reception Information – Change It Up! 2021

During the virtual reception, from 3:30 to shortly after 4, participants will have the opportunity to attend two subject-specific breakout rooms for approximately 15 minutes per session. A list of the breakout rooms and the breakout room hosts follows.

Breakout Rooms (15 total) and Hosts

Children’s Rights

• Lori Duke & Leslie Strauch teach the Children’s Rights Clinic

Civil Legal Aid/Housing

• Nelson Mock teaches the Housing Clinic / attorney, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

Civil Rights

• Shavonne Henderson teaches race and the law / Assistant Dean for Equity and Inclusion
• Jennifer Laurin teaches policing the police
• Mimi Marziani teaches voting rights / President, Texas Civil Rights Project

Crim Law 1: Criminal Defense

• Katy Dyer teaches the Criminal Defense Clinic
• Rhiannon Hamam ’16, attorney, Travis County Public Defender

Crim Law 2: Capital Punishment / Postconviction

• Thea Posel teaches the Capital Punishment Clinic
• Charlie Press teaches the Actual Innocence Clinic

Disability Law

• Lucy Wood leads disability law pro bono projects and teaches disability law

Environmental Law

• Erin Gaines ‘13, attorney, Earthjustice
• Kelly Haragan teaches the Environmental Law Clinic

Family Law/Domestic Violence

•  Jeana Lungwitz teaches the Domestic Violence Clinic

Government     

• Hugh Brady teaches the Legislative Internship Program / Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives
• Abbey Fowler, CSO Government Counselor
• Helen Gaebler teaches the Government Internship Program

Immigration

• Eddie Flores ‘16, attorney, Catholic Charities of Central Texas
• Denise Gilman & Elissa Steglich teach the Immigration Clinic

Human Rights

• Molly Buckley ‘23, Human Rights Law Society
• Ariel Dulitzky teaches the Human Rights Clinic
• Karen Engle teaches human rights law / Director, Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice
• Daniel Woodward ‘23, Rapoport Center Human Rights Scholar

Labor and Employment

• Bill Beardall teaches the Transnational Workers Rights Clinic / Director, Equal Justice Center
• Mike Murphy ‘10, General Counsel, IBEW Local 520/International Representative

Pro Bono

• Meg Clifford & Andrea Marsh of the Mithoff Pro Bono Program lead pro bono projects
• Adarsh Parthasarathy ’23, Mithoff Program Pro Bono Scholar

Reproductive Rights

• Zoraima Pelaez ’22, If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice
• Elizabeth Sepper teaches reproductive rights and justice

Where do I start?

• Mary Crouter teaches the Judicial Internship Program / Assistant Director, William Wayne Justice Center
• Mary Murphy, CSO Public Interest/Public Defender Career Counselor
• Luke Freedman ’23, Public Interest Law Association