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PREVIOUS FELLOWSHIP PLACEMENTS

Students are responsible for initiating and arranging their own fellowship placements.  While there are many local, national and even international organizations that qualify as fellowship placements, the following is list of a few organizations that have accepted our fellowship recipients in the past.  Use this list to get some initial ideas for placements of interest.  Where available, links are provided so students can begin to collect information on specific organizations.

ACLU of Texas (Austin and Houston)

http://www.aclu-houston.org/
http://www.aclutx.org/chapters.austin.php

Advancement Project (Washington, D.C.)

            http://www.advancementproject.org/

Advocacy, Inc. (Austin and Houston)

            http://www.advocacyinc.org/index.cfm

Aids Law of Louisiana

            http://www.aidslaw.org/

Associated Catholic Charities, TX Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance (Houston)

            http://www.catholiccharities.org/ccservices.html

Center for Disease Control (Atlanta)

            http://www.cdc.gov/

Children's Assessment Center (Houston)

            http://www.cachouston.org/

City of Houston Legal Department

            http://www.houstontx.gov/legal/intern.html

Cleveland Works (Cleveland)

            http://www.clevelandworks.org/

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (Houston)

http://www.eeoc.gov/

Harris County Attorney's Office (Houston)

            http://www.co.harris.tx.us/coatty/

Harris County District Attorney's Office (Houston)

            http://dao-web.dao.hctx.net/ie/front.cfm

Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program (Houston)

            http://www.ehvlp.org/pages/volunteer.htm

Liberty Counsel (Orlando)

            http://www.lc.org/

Lone Star Legal Aid (Houston, Galveston and other East Texas offices )

              http://www.lonestarlegal.org/

Southwest Regional Juvenile Defender Center (Houston)

            http://www.law.uh.edu/juveniledefender/

Texans for Lawsuit Reform  (Houston)

            http://www.tortreform.com/join

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts (Houston)

            http://www.talarts.org/volunteer.htm

Texas Attorney General (Austin, Houston and other major Texas cities)

            http://www.oag.state.tx.us/

Texas Defenders Service (Houston and Austin)

            http://www.texasdefender.org/

Texas Parks and Wildlife (Austin)

            http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/

Texas Rural Legal Aid  (Central and South Texas)

            http://www.trla.org/

Travis County Juvenile Public Defender (Austin)

            http://www.co.travis.tx.us/juvenile_public_defender/default.asp

U.S. Attorney's Office (Houston and Chicago)

            http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txs/

U.S. Public Interest Research Group (Washington,  D.C.)

            http://uspirg.org/uspirg.asp?id2=5268&id3=USPIRG&

Women’s Advocacy Project (Austin)

            http://www.women-law.org/