The Justice Center administers a variety of scholarships and fellowships to support students who study public interest law and to fund students who work to provide legal assistance to the underserved.
Other Law School centers and organizations also provide scholarships and fellowships to students who participate in public interest work. For example:
Student Organizations:
Texas Law Fellowships raises funds to provide stipends to selected students to work for non-profit organizations in the summer.
Other Centers:
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice provides fellowships and scholarships for students who work in the human rights field.
General Resources:
Career Services Office provides extensive information to students about internal and external sources of funding to support public interest work during law school and following graduation.
In addition, the Law School awards scholarships to students pursuing public service through the financial aid process. For example:
For more information, contact the Financial Aid Office .
Loan Repayment Assistance:
Low salaries coupled with high student loan debt often make it difficult for lawyers to accept employment with legal aid offices or to stay in those jobs long term. In response, the Texas Access to Justice Commission has created the Texas Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program to assist attorneys who choose to pursue careers in legal aid in Texas . In the 2005–2006 year, 30 lawyers received loan repayment assistance from this program.
The Law School does not currently have a loan repayment assistance program, but a group of dedicated students is working with the law school community toward creating such a program. The Justice Center supports this effort and is collaborating with students, faculty, and administrators to address the critical need for financial support of graduates with education debt who work in public interest positions.
For more information about the student effort visit Concerned Students for LRAP