SCHOOL OF LAW

Press

2009 - 2010:

UT Press Releases:

• In Memoriam: The Honorable William Wayne Justice, 1920 - 2009
• Five students named Public Service Scholars with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at UT Law
• Four UT Law students receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships
• UT Law’s Texas Law Veterans Association cosponsors free legal clinic for veterans
• The Least of These, a documentary on the Immigration Clinic’s work at the T. Don Hutto detention center, to screen at UT Law September 17, 2009
• UT Law’s Fifth Equal Justice Scholarship Awarded to Jordan Pollock

2008 - 2009:

UT Press Releases:

• A Force For Justice: The Justice Corps Fellows Program Fosters a New Generation of Public Interest Lawyers
• Help on The Homefront: Law Students Organize Legal Clinics for Central Texas Veterans
• UT Law's Jessica Cassidy, '09, awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship to practice public-interest law in Austin
• Justice Center announces George M. Fleming Public Interest Summer Fellowship
• Graduating law students receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Justice Center Announces University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows
• Three UT Law students awarded Justice Corps Fellowships to pursue public interest legal projects
• Justice Center announces Frank Douglass Public Interest Summer Fellowships
• Access to Justice Scholarship awarded to Jessica Kemp, ’10
• Parisa Fatehi, ’07, awarded Equal Justice Works Fellowship to practice public-interest law
• UT Law hosts Color of Justice program for local minority high school students
• UT Law Launches the Justice Corps
• Lisa Snead, '09, awarded Skadden Fellowship
• Jessica Cassidy receives the first Law Student Pro Bono Award from the Texas Access to Justice Commission
• 'Horns for Heroes—Texas Law Veterans Association to Sponsor Free Legal Clinic
• Stephen Singer, public defender in New Orleans, to speak on Hurricane Katrina's impact on the criminal justice system and his life in the law, November 3, 2008
• Five students named Public Service Scholars with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at UT Law
• Six UT Law students receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships
• UT Law's Fourth Equal Justice Scholarship Awarded to William Lawson Konvalinka, '11

 

2007 - 2008:

UT Press Releases:

• Justice. For All. UT Law Post-Graduate Faculty Fellowship
• Graduating Students Receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Justice Center Selects University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows
• Aaron Johnson Awarded Faculty Post-Graduate Fellowship in Public Interest Law
• Former Judge Justice Clerks to Speak on their Lives in the Law
• Conference Celebrates UT Law Domestic Violence Clinic's 10th Anniversary
• UT Law Hosts Color of Justice Program for Local Minority High School Students
• Law Students Volunteer to Assist Devastated Gulf Coast Communities
• Equal Justice Works Fellowship Class of 2008
• Law Students to Assist Devastated Gulf Coast Communities
• Capital Punishment Center to Host Review of Landmark Death Penalty Cases, November 2–3
• Tracie Washington to Speak on Legal Needs in Louisiana's Gulf Coast Region, November 5
• Five Students Named Public Service Scholars
• Six UT Law Students Receive Baron & Budd Public Interest Scholarships
• First-Year Law Students Volunteer for Public Service Projects
• UT Law’s Third Equal Justice Scholarship Awarded to Kyle Marie Stock, '10

Press:

• Wheelock, Monica. " UT Law Students Clean Up Shoal Creek Parks." Daily Texan 10 September 2007.

 

2006 - 2007:

UT Press Releases:

• Collaborative Internship Sends More Law Students to Communities Needing Assistance
• Selina Llaguno and Elizabeth Wagoner Receive UT Law Faculty Fellowships
• Graduating Law Students Receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Justice Center Selects University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows
• Civil Rights Legend Morris Dees to Discuss Litigating Against Hate Groups, March 1
• UT Law Awards Equal Justice Scholarship to Amber VanSchuyver, ‘08
• UT Law Presents Symposium on Legal Representation in Capital Cases, Feb. 8
• UT Law's Justice Center to Co-Sponsor Civil Rights Education Event
• Justice Center Co-Sponsors Pro Bono Project for Women Fighting Breast Cancer
• Justice Bea Ann Smith, '75, Honored for Judicial Career and Public Service
• National Security Expert to Discuss Guantanamo and the Supreme Court, Nov. 2
• UT Law Hosts Gender and Labor Conference, Oct. 19th and 20th, 2006
• William Wayne Justice, '42, Honored with First Morris Dees Award
• Baron & Budd Scholarships Awarded to UT Law Students
• William Wayne Justice Center Names Public Service Scholars '06-'07
• UT Law Awards Equal Justice Scholarship to Jessica Cassidy, '09

 

2005 - 2006:

UT Press Releases:

• New Collaborative Internship Program Places Law Students in South Texas
• Allen Cooper Receives Second UT Law Faculty Fellowship in Public Interest Law
• Five UT Law Students Selected as University Co-op Public Interest Summer Fellows
• Graduating Law Students Receive University Co-op Public Interest Awards
• Justice Center Co-Sponsors Second Civil Rights Litigation Conference
• UT Law's First Equal Justice Scholarship Awarded to Kathrine Russell, '08
• Five Students Named Public Service Scholars with the Justice Center at UT Law
• Justice Center Honors Judge "Barefoot" Sanders, Elizabeth "Betsy" Julian, and Frederick M. Baron for Public Service

Press:

• "Exposed: Bronwyn Blake." Tribeza July 2006: 31.
• Burkett, Lauren O. "Public Service Internship Changes Student." Texas Wesleyan University School of Law Law News June 28, 2006.
• Miller, Robert. "3 Honored for Service, Law Efforts." The Dallas Morning News 5 January 2006.
• Awards. Texas Lawyer Vol. 21, No. 41 (December 2005): 11.
• Travis County Women Lawyers' Association. 2005 Travis County Women's Lawyers Awards: Public Interest — Eden Harrington, http://www.tcwla.org/.

 

2004 - 2005

UT Press Releases:

• Five UT Law Students Selected as UT Co-Op Summer Public Interest Fellows
• Graduating Law Students Receive UT Co-Op Public Interest Awards
• Bronwyn Blake Receives First UT Law Faculty Fellowship in Public Interest Law
• Equal Justice Scholarships Created for Future Legal Aid Lawyers

Press:

• Phan, Linda, Lippincott, Elizabeth, and Philip, Diana."Women's Advocacy Project Unveils New Legal Initiatives." Legalfront (Summer 2005): 21.
• Robbins, Mary Alice."Public Interest Law Fellowship Focuses on Teenage Victims." Texas Lawyer Vol. 21, No. 9 (May 2, 2005): 4.
• "Law Schools Announce Scholarships for Future Legal Aid Lawyers." Texas Bar Journal 67.10 (November 2004): 892-3.
• Heinrichs, Christine. "Want Free Tuition?". The National Jurist/ PreLaw Magazine October 2004.
• Robbins, Mary Alice. "Public Interest Law Scholarships Will Benefit Legal Aid for Poor." Texas Lawyer Vol. 20, No. 32 (October 2004): 8.
• "Briefing re Equal Justice Scholarships." Austin American Statesman 8 October 2004: Metro & State.

 

2003 - 2004

UT Press Releases:

• UT Law Establishes William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law

Press:

• Robbins, Mary Alice. "Honoring Justice." Texas Lawyer Vol. 20, No. 14 (June 2004): 3.
• "And Justice for All: $1 Million Dollar Endowment Funds Center for Public Interest Law." On Campus 16 June 2004.