Texas Access to Justice Summer Internships
Participating Organizations:
Abilene (LANWT)
Amarillo (LANWT)
Angleton (LSLA)
Beaumont (LSLA)
Bryan (LSLA)
Corpus Christi (TRLA)
Del Rio (TRLA)
Eagle Pass (TRLA)
Edinburg (TRLA)
El Paso (TRLA)
El Paso (TCRP)
Laredo (TRLA)
Longview (LSLA)
Midland (LANWT)
Nacogdoches (LSLA)
Odessa (LANWT)
Paris (LSLA)
Plainview (LANWT)
San Angelo (LANWT)
San Juan (TCRP)
Texarkana (LSLA)
Tyler (LSLA)
Waxahachie (LANWT)
Weslaco (TRLA)
Wichita Falls (LANWT)
- Larry Margolies Pro Bono Fellowship
Participating Organizations:
Advocacy, Inc. - Dallas
AIDS Outreach Center - Fort Worth
Catholic Charities Immigration and Counseling Services - Dallas
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Fort Worth, Inc.
Combined Law Enforcement Associations Of Texas (CLEAT) - Fort Worth
Dallas Legal Hospice
Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP)
First Presbyterian Church-Legal Clinic - Fort Worth
Housing Crisis Center - Dallas
Human Rights Initiative - Dallas
Justice for Our Neighbors (JFON) - Fort Worth
Legal Sciences of North Texas - Dallas
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas - Fort Worth
Legal Aid of Northwest Texas - Waxahachie
Legal Services of North Texas - McKinney
Legal Action Works (LAW Center) / Central Dallas Ministries
National Adoption Day - Fort Worth
The Women’s Shelter - Arlington
Women’s Haven of Tarrant County - Fort Worth
Baylor Law School provides Public Interest Summer Fellowships to students interning during the summer for not-for-profit or governmental
organizations serving underrepresented populations.
Public interest law is a broad definition for legal practice areas that assist individuals in obtaining equal access to justice. Public
interest employers for purposes of these fellowships include: government programs that serve indigent populations, not-for-profit
organizations that serve indigent populations, legal aid, and public defenders offices. Typical issues include poverty & welfare, domestic
& family, immigration, civil rights, workers' compensation, and bankruptcy. Except in unusual circumstances, fellowships will not be
awarded to students working in prosecution or for the judiciary.
Fellowship recipients will receive $400 per week of work. Fellows must work a minimum of 5 weeks and a maximum of 10 weeks with the
qualifying organization. Summer fellows must be supervised by an attorney.
Equal Justice Scholarship
Baylor Law School and The University of Texas School of Law demonstrated their dedication to advocating for underserved populations when in
2004 they established the Equal Justice Scholarship, a full-tuition scholarship awarded with a commitment from the student to work for at
least three years in a Texas public interest setting following graduation. The intention was that the scholarship would serve the same
purpose of an LRAP but would do so on the ‘front end.’ Instead of assisting in the payment of loans that had accrued and would continue
to accrue interest, the scholarship would minimize the number of loans that would need to be taken in the first place. This has enabled
students to accept positions working with low-income Texans that they would not have been able to accept but for the scholarship because
of the low salaries associated with these positions.
Application
Recipients:
2007 - Rachel Sonstein
Ms. Sonstein, spent the summer of 2007 working at Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid - Family Law Division in Austin, is currently working on an
Innocence Project in Waco, and will be graduating in July of 2008.
2006 - Laurie Burns
Ms. Burns, spent the summer of 2006 working at Texas Rural Legal Aid in Weslaco, graduated in 2007, and is currently working as an attorney
for RioGrande Legal Aid in Laredo.
