In the News
MAY 2012
- Brownsville Herald (5/25/12) – Charges against ‘Park Girl’ outlined
- KVUE (5/24/12) – Relief for Wood Ridge tenants, or more waiting?
- Austin American Statesman (5/23/12) – No more citations issued for apartments after repair paperwork filed
- PSLawNet (5/23/12) - Doing Good Work: Adriana Rodriguez
- Statesman (5/22/12) – Apartment owner cited after walkway collapse
- Rio Grande Guardian (5/17/12) – Harrington: Rights of Americans under attack
- UT Law Magazine (5/14/12) – Graduating Law students receive service awards
- Equal Voice News (5/8/12) – Disaster After the Storm
- UT Law Magazine (5/4/2012) – Justice Center announces 2012 Whitehurst Public Interest Summer Fellows
APRIL 2012
- Texas Lawyer Blog (4/27/12) – State Bar of Texas president makes appointments to Commission for Lawyer Discipline
- KRGV (4/27/12) – Landlord Rights When it Comes To Bad Tenants
- UT Law Magazine (4/26/12) – Rapoport Center announces its 2012 summer and fall Fellows
- Synapse (4/26/12) – Partnership between doctors & lawyers enhances patient care in El Paso
- The Monitor (4/26/12) – Program aids ID theft victims, others who run afoul of IRS
- Brownsville Herald (4/19/12) – Hearing finds mobile homes civil lawsuit stalled
- KRGV (4/18/12) – Court Account Will Hold Park Girl Customer Payments
- KRGV (4/18/12) – Park Girl Customers to be Heard in Court Today
- El Paso Times (4/13/12) - Texas Senator José Rodríguez champions legal aid programs
- KGBT (4/11/12) – ‘Park Girl’ looking for payments
- Texas Bar Journal (4/1/12) – Pro bono Champion Charles Kimbrough
MARCH 2012
- El Paso Times (3/19/12) – Renting travails: El Paso apartment renters, property owners at odds
- Brownsville Herald (3/11/12) – State aids Park Girl customers
- Brownsville Herald (3/8/12) - Bankruptcy court: Park Girl lawsuit can go on
- LegalFront (3/8/12) – Update on Service of Process on Defendants Residing in Mexico
- LegalFront (3/8/12) – Small Business Legal Clinic a Great Success
- KRGV (3/1/12) – San Juan Housing Authority Director Admits Gang Problem at Apartment Complex
FEBRUARY 2012
- Eagle Pass Business Journal (2/27/12) – 61 New United States Citizens Naturalized at Ceremony
- Bloomberg (2/13/12) – Foreclosure Deal May Help States Fill Budget Deficits
- KTEP (2/11/12) – State of the Arts
- Austin American Statesman (2/9/12) – Texas homeowners to get $287 million of $25 billion foreclosure settlement
- KSAT (2/8/12) – Companies sued over wages
- Victoria Advocate (2/9/12) – No money? Thinking you can’t get legal help?
- Equal Voice News (2/8/12) – Wage War: Employers Stealing Millions from US Workers
- Laredo Morning Times (2/7/12) – Family sues US marshals over search
- KVEO (2/2/12)- Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Offering Financial Workshops
- Brownsville Herald (2/2/12) – Motion filed in Park Girl case
- Seguin Gazette (2/2/12) – Janitors file lawsuit against CAT, others, over compensation
- KRGV (2/1/12) – Park Girl Files for Bankruptcy Protection
JANUARY 2012
- El Diario (1/27/12) - Busca barra de abogados simplificar los divorcios
- Texas Tribune (1/26/12) – Legal Aid Group Fights County for Unpaid Services
- Texas Observer (1/24/12) – Seeking Worker Rights for Cab Drivers
- Brownsville Herald (1/20/12) – Park Girl has declared bankruptcy
- Brownsville Herald (1/18/12) – Park Girl Mobile Home Sales, 43 clients enter legal mediation
- KGBT (1/12/12)- A family has been living in a make shift home for the last four months
- Big Bend Sentinel (1/12/12) – Legal Aid receives domestic violence victims grant
- Rio Grande Guardian (1/10/12) – UT Law School Students Fan Out Along Border
- Corpus Christi Caller Times (1/7/12) – James DeAnda’s significant life
- San Antonio Express News (1/6/12) – After decades fighting for poor, Gill says goodbye
- Texas Lawyer (1/2/12) – Out With the Old, In With the New
DECEMBER 2011
- Public News Service (12/28/11) – Texas Programs Help Taxpayers Handle the IRS
- Brownsville Herald (12/21/11) – Judge extends restraining order against ‘Park Girl’
- El Diario de El Paso (12/11/11) – Dan asistencia legal y prestan sus paredes a artistas locales
- Brownsville Herald (12/11/11) – Customers allege ‘Park Girl’ has wreaked havoc on their lives
- Public News Service (12/9/11) – Texans Seeking More Medical-Legal Aid During Down Economy
- Valley Morning Star (12/8/11) – Park Girl owner released from jail
- Valley Morning Star (12/7/11) – ‘Justice is on our side’
- Brownsville Herald (12/6/11) – Judge issues TRO against Park Girl Sales
- KGBT (12/5/11) – Family living in tool shed due to park girl fraud
- Valley Morning Star (12/5/11) – Temporary restraining order issued against Park Girl
- Valley Morning Star (12/5/11) – Park Girl customers seek protection
- Texas Lawyer (12/5/11) - And the Nominees Are
- KGBT (12/3/11) – ‘Park Girl’ customers file lawsuit to protect against foreclosure
- KRGV (12/2/11) – Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid Files Lawsuit Against Park Girl Owner
- Austin American Statesman (12/1/11) – Austin woman sues Bank of America over foreclosure procedures
NOVEMBER 2011
- El Norte (11/29/11) – Cuando un papá huye con sus hijos
- Valley Morning Star (11/25/11) – Willacy County whittles down hundreds of backlog cases
- El Paso Times (11/18/11) – Legal aid fair reaches out to military and families
- Statesman (11/16/11) – Texas Digest: Congress cuts legal aid money
- Norte Digital (11/15/11) – Empresas de México buscan comprar metales contaminados
- Texas Tribune (11/15/11) – Number of Texans Receiving Food Stamps Up Sharply Amid Recession
- Public News Service (11/14/11) – Help for Texas Homeowners as Foreclosure Numbers Rise
- Statesman (11/13/11) – County clerks warn that private home loan registry may cloud titles to thousands of Central Texas homes
- Austin Chronicle (11/11/11) – Will the Well Run Dry for Las Lomitas?
- Rio Grande Guardian (11/7/11) – A Center Where Doctors and Lawyers Get Along
- El Paso Times (11/7/11) – Most hazardous waste that enters US is bound for recycling
- Fox Rio (11/5/11) – Ares free on bond
- Brownsville Herald (11/5/11) – Medical-legal partnership recognized at ceremony
- El Paso Times (11/4/11) – Public divided on saving stacks, tracing illnesses linked to Asarco smelter
- KRGV (11/3/11) – Park Girl Customers Unsure Where to Send Payments
OCTOBER 2011
- Laredo Morning Times (10/27/11) – Luncheon honors night court officials
- Texas Bar Blog (10/24/11) – Spotlight on pro bono volunteer Frank Maldonado
- Salem News (10/24/11) – Lingering Questions Haunt Old Border Smelter
- UT Law Magazine (10/24/11) – National Pro Bono Week at UT Law: Spotlight on Jake Gilbreath, ’09
- El Paso Times(10/21/11) – Lawyers take pro bono cases to help community
- UT Law Magazine (10/20/11) – Pro Bono Program announces 2012 Pro Bono in January trip
- Texas on the Potomac (10/13/11) - TexMessage
- Ahora Si (10/6/11) – Asistencia adicional a víctimas de los incendios
- El Paso Times (10/6/11) – Asarco soil: Early tests look good
- UT Law Magazine (10/5/11) – Pro Bono Program and Justice Center to host White House “Champions of Change” watch party
- El Paso Times (10/4/11) – 1st Asarco soil-test results revealed
- KTSM (10/3/11) – Asarco Test Results Are In
- Smithville Times (10/1/11) – Free services offered to victims of wildfires
SEPTEMBER 2011
- Valley Morning Star (9/28/11) – Willacy officials to vote on budget
- KRGV (9/22/11) – Another Arrest Made in Discovery of 18 Immigrants
- Austin Chronicle (9/22/11) - Taxi Report Hits Rocky Terrain
- UT Law Magazine (9/20/11) – Six students named Public Service Scholars with the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law
- Texas Lawyer Blog (9/20/11) – Attorneys volunteering to help wildfire victims
- LUPE blog (9/9/11) – Flooding meetings bring residents, elected officials to the same table
- Mid Valley Town Crier (9/6/11) - Wages suit filed against Buffalo Wing restaurant
- The Monitor (9/5/11) – Former employees of Weslaco restaurant say bosses failed to pay overtime
- El Manana (9/3/11) – Es más barato violar ley que cumplirla
- El Manana (9/2/11) – ‘Importan’ vaqueros para explotarlos
AUGUST 2011
- El Manana (8/31/11) – Enseña Consulado a latinos sus derechos laborales
- Ahora Si (8/25/11) – Derechos laborales son enfoque de semana de eventos del Consulado
- KDBC (8/19/11) – ASARCO Ahead of Schedule
- El Paso Times (8/19/11) – El Pasoans should be proud of legal aid providers
- KRGV (8/15/11) – Migrant Workers File Lawsuit Against Food Company
- Laredo Morning Times (8/15/11) – Students’ Rights
JULY 2011
- The News Gazette (7/31/11) – Migrant workers to get payout of $220,000 from seed company
- Central Florida Future (7/17/11) – Preserve legal aid for poor
- YNN Austin (7/15/11) – New development drives longtime tenants out
- Des Moines Register (7/15/11) – Mexican sues seven Iowans, police
- Statesman (7/15/11) – Developer to pay extra $20,000 to help tenants in aging apartments relocate
- KVUE (7/14/11) – Upset apartment residents demand developer honor agreement
- KXAN (7/14/11) – East Austin residents must leave complex
- Des Moines Register Blog (7/14/11) – Mexican migrant worker accuses police of covering up hate crime
- KVEO (7/14/11) – Valley Man Claims to be Victim of Hate Crime in Iowa
- Sioux City Journal (7/14/11) – Texas man files federal lawsuit in Wall Lake beating
- The Monitor (7/13/11) – Rural Weslaco man claims Iowans attempted to cover up hate-motivated beating
- Statesman (7/12/11) – Developers must be held accountable
- KRGV (7/12/11) – Valley migrant worker seeks justice after beating
- KGBT 4 (7/12/11) – Weslaco man claims he was victim of hate crime in Iowa
- El Diario (7/12/11) – Demanda hombre a nueve habitantes de Iowa por crimen de odio
- Texas Bar Journal (7/11/11) – 2011 J. Chrys Dougherty Award
- Statesman (7/8/11) – Developer slow to help residents in Southeast Austin apartments slated for demolition
- Houston Chronicle (7/4/11) – What happens if your ex abducts your child?
JUNE 2011
- Herald Tribune (6/26/11) – When will the foreclosure crisis end?
- WOAI (6/24/11) – San Antonio man claims he was beat up by the IRS
- Courthouse News Service (6/23/11) – Taxpayer Says IRS Man Punched Him Out
- Inman News (6/20/11) – A slow-motion real estate recovery
- Dallas Morning News (6/17/11) – Federal official praises Texas’ improvement in handling food-stamp cases
- Texas Border Business (6/16/11) – Free legal seminar for small businesses
- Bankrate (6/16/11) – Foreclosure delay, delay, delay
- Texas Lawyer Blog (6/16/11) – State Bar of Texas to present Pro Bono Excellence Awards
- Birmingham News (6/12/11) – Alabama tornado recovery: FEMA rejections vex April storm victims
- Rio Grande Guardian (6/2/11) – Flores concerned about checkpoint policy during hurricane evacuations
- LUPE Blog (6/1/11) – At Start of Hurricane Season, Community Groups Demand Safe Hurricane Evacuations
- KGBT 4 (6/1/11) – Groups want no immigration checks during hurricane evacuations
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