About Pro Bono
Press
2012 - 2013:
UT Press Releases:
- Law Students to Assist Rio Grande Valley's Undocumented High School and College Students
- American DREAMers: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Legal Clinics
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on Nicole Simmons, ’07
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on the 2012–2013 Pro Bono Scholar
- Pro Bono Program announces 2013 Pro Bono in January trip
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on the Rural Outreach Initiative
- UT Law joins 2012 National Celebration of Pro Bono, October 21–27, 2012
- Meg Clifford, ’12, joins Justice Center as “School-to-Prison Pipeline” project research fellow
- Law students and faculty members to assist undocumented youth at fall clinics
- Pro Bono Program creates a variety of opportunities for student service
Press:
- "UT law students help draft wills for Valley homeowners." The Monitor 13 January 2013.
- "Locals continue to seek deferred action as applications nationwide dwindle." The Monitor 10 January 2013.
- "Free clinics to help young immigrants pursue deferred action." The Monitor 30 December 2012.
- "Clinics help undocumented immigrants apply for deferral." Daily Texan 8 October 2012.
2011 - 2012:
UT Press Releases:
- Guiding Youth: Law School graduates find positive power of peers
- Law students take Pro Bono Pledge
- The Law School and Robert Brothers, ’11, honored by awards from Texas Access to Justice Commission
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on the 2011–2012 Pro Bono Scholars
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on Professor Jordan Steiker
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on Jake Gilbreath, ’09
- National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Pro Bono Program to host exclusive screening of Crime after Crime, October 27, 2011
- Pro Bono Program announces 2012 Pro Bono in January trip
- Pro Bono Program and Justice Center to host White House “Champions of Change” watch party
- William Wayne Justice Center to join the LBJ School of Public Affairs on contract for deed study in Texas colonias
- Law School students and alumni provide pro bono legal advice to wildfire victims
Press:
- "Law students from UT Austin volunteer in RGV" www.yourvalleyvoice.com 15 January, 2012
- "Estudiantes de Leyes de UT-Austin Consultan a Inmigrantes y Víctimas de Abuso Domestico" Noticias 48 9 January, 2012
- "UT-Austin Law Students in RGV Consulting Immigrants and Domestic Violence Victims" www.foxrio2.com 9 January, 2012
- "Programs of Change: Law Schools Explain Their Commitment to Public Service" www.whitehouse.gov October 25, 2011
2010 - 2011:
UT Press Releases:
- Peer Review
- UT Law Pro Bono Program Sends Thirty-Three Law Students to the Rio Grande Valley
- Law School to Mark National Pro Bono Celebration with Book Talk and Movie Screening
Press:
- Staff writer. "Pro Bono Vacation" Port Isabel-South Padre Press 13 January 2011.
2009 - 2010:
UT Press Releases:
- Winter Work
- Law School students and professors to travel to Houston and the Rio Grande Valley to offer free legal assistance to low-income people
Press
- Rozen, Miriam. "UT law students' winter break includes pro bono work." Texas Lawyer 22 December 2009.