Giving Back - Grants

GRANTS COMMITTEE

The Litigation Section routinely awards grants to promote educational and charitable activities which improve the administration of our justice system, advance public education and understanding of the judicial system, and are sensitive to the needs of the public and the legal profession. The Litigation Section Grant Program seeks to support and promote programs which improve and support the Texas justice system through research, services, publications, institutes, forums and public education.

2009 - 2010 Grants Program:

The Litigation Section Grant application period is September 30 through January 19, 2010. Grant recipients will be announced June 30th.

Litigation Section 2009 - 2010 Grant Criteria
Litigation Section 2009 - 2010 Grant Application (in Adobe Acrobat)
Litigation Section 2009 - 2010 Grant Application (in Word)

If you have questions that are not covered in the Criteria and Application, email Tracy Nuckols at tnuckols@texasbar.com

2008 - 2009 Grant Recipient Information:

Advocacy, Inc.
$4,000 in support of a program to represent Medicaid beneficiaries under the age of 21 who are challenging denials of medically necessary healthcare and treatment.  The grant will pay for travel expenses to allow staff to represent clients in-person at fair hearings on the challenges. 

The Earl Carl Institute for Legal and Social Policy, Inc. (associated with the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University)
$6,000 in support of the establishment of its Trial Advocacy Program, a training program for volunteer attorneys to provide much needed pro bono representation to school children with disabilities who find themselves in justice courts on minor, Class C misdemeanor “school ticket” cases. 

The Housing Crisis Center
$5,000 in support of their Legal Education and Services Program.  The grant will pay for a part-time, trained telephone counselor to field calls and to provide guidance to individuals experiencing landlord/tenant conflicts that could lead to eviction. 

Lone Star Legal Aid
$2,374.00 in support of equipment (specifically a projector and supporting accessories) to support trials and litigation in more than 20 East Texas counties. 

Mosaic Family Services
$5,000 to support their Multicultural Legal Services Program which provides direct legal services to low income immigrant victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Oficina Legal Del Pueblo Unido, Inc. (Texas Civil Rights Project)
$7,000 in support of the Promotora Outreach Program to make presentations in homes, churches, community centers, and other venues to give basic information about domestic violence and available legal and other services.