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News Release
Texas Access to Justice Foundation Fellows will spend two years at legal aid organizations working to increase access to justice
AUSTIN, Texas––The
Texas Access to Justice Foundation
(TAJF), which provides grant funding for civil legal aid in Texas, today
announced its sponsorship of five Fellows in the 2020 Equal Justice Works
(EJW) Fellowship program, a national opportunity for law school graduates to
launch their careers through public interest law projects of their own
design.
Over the next two
years, the five TAJF-sponsored Fellows will complete their projects in
various cities across Texas and will be hosted by civil legal aid
organizations funded by TAJF. These projects were personally designed by
each Fellow to address a specific need in the community they will be serving
in.
“Each year, Equal
Justice Works Fellows create innovative projects that help address legal
issues for Texas communities in need,” said Betty Balli Torres, executive
director at TAJF. “We’re proud to sponsor five Fellows this year as they
begin their careers as civil legal service leaders.”
This year, EJW
received 432 Fellowship applications. Of those, 78 were chosen, including
the five from Texas. As graduates of Baylor School of Law, St. Mary’s
University School of Law or The University of Texas School of Law, the
TAJF-sponsored Fellows will join the statewide effort to assist Texans in
need, as well as the larger national effort to respond to legal issues
arising from the coronavirus pandemic.
"Equal Justice Works
is grateful to TAJF for their outstanding commitment to helping fulfill our
nation's promise of equal justice for all," said Sara Morello, executive
vice president at Equal Justice Works. "For more than 20 years, Equal
Justice Works has partnered with TAJF to launch the careers of more than 65
passionate public service leaders, many of whom continue to deliver critical
legal services to underserved communities in Texas."
Caitlin Machell’s
fellowship is co-sponsored with Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
For a complete list
of the 2020 Equal Justice Works Fellows, host organizations and sponsors,
please click
here.
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About the Texas Access to Justice Foundation
The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (www.tajf.org), created by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1984, is the primary
state-based funding source for the provision of civil legal aid in Texas.
The organization is committed to the vision that all Texans will have equal
access to justice, regardless of their income. The Foundation administers a
variety of funding sources, which are earmarked to assist nonprofit
organizations in providing legal aid to approximately 150,000 Texas families
each year.
About Equal Justice
Works
Kimberly Schmitt
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