University of Texas School of Law - Peregrinus Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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2004 University of Texas School of Law Annual Responsibility Serving the people of Texas The Law School has an extensive array of clini- cal programs for students, with ten separate clinics covering a wide range of legal is- sues. In December the Juvenile Justice Clinic received a major grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to assist it in its mission to provide high quality legal services to low income children charged with of- fenses in the juvenile justice system and to enhance the ethical and professional practice of law by educating law stu- dents through this representation. We are thrilled to be awarded this grant which enables our law students to continue providing services to children in Travis County, said Pam Sigman, di- rector of the Juvenile Justice Clinic. The Juvenile Justice Clinic, founded in 1975, offers litigation experience to students and exposes them to the opera- tions of the juvenile justice system, by placing them as student attorneys with the Travis County Juvenile Public De- fender. Clients are indigent juveniles, aged 10 to 17, who are charged with criminal offenses ranging from Class B misdemeanors to first degree felonies. Student attorneys are assigned a caseload for which they have primary responsibility under the supervision of an attorney in the public defender ' s of- fice. The student attorneys perform all investigation, interview, discovery, plea bargain and litigation functions on their cases. More than 800 law students have participated in the program providing legal representation on more than 5000 cases. 10 THE STATE OF TEXAS -THE SCHOOL OF LAW .

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We ' re Discovery. ■ With more than a million volumes, UT ' s Tarlton law library is one of the largest academic law libraries in the country. The large size of the school allows students to explore countless areas of legal practice.

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% »■ m We ' re Responsibility. Texas Law professors have lead the State of Texas in enhancing professional responsibility. Texas Law stu- dents provide le- gal assistance to the community through various projects through- out the year. « IB I E9 B ™ m ■■ -■