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FACULTY RETIREES

JANET BECK

Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor Janet Beck started
her teaching career at the Law Center in 2009. She was
an invaluable part of the Immigration Clinic, supervising
students as they represented indigent clients in asylum,
deportation, family and naturalization cases. She also taught
Immigration Law and Business and Family Immigration Law.
“I loved teaching the students in the Immigration Clinic
because of their energy, enthusiasm and commitment to
clients,” Beck said. “I loved seeing their faces when they
realized that they had made a difference in a client’s life.”
So far Beck has spent her retirement, which began in
January 2018, traveling and relaxing with family.
“I studied French and went to France in the spring and am
currently studying Italian in preparation for my trip to Italy
in the fall,” Beck said.
Beck hopes to maintain an active presence in her
community through volunteer work with children and
the disabled.
“One of the things I discovered since I retired is that my
whole life has been dedicated to helping people, as a Peace
Corps Volunteer in Colombia, as a master’s level social
worker and as a lawyer and UH clinical professor,” Beck said.
“I miss the experience, so I will, definitely, be doing some
type of volunteer work.”
Beck began her career practicing labor law at Nelson,
Locke and Fowler in 1987. She shifted her practice to
immigration at the Gulf Coast Legal Foundation before
starting a private practice. She also had stints at Fong &
Associates, Judith Cooper, P.C., and Tyndall & Foster, P.C. ■

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