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LEGAL AID – Earl Carl Institute

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Organization: Legal Aid – Earl Car Institute
Description: OPAL MITCHELL LEE PROPERTY PRESERVATION PROJECT
The goal is to promote housing stability and to increase generational wealth through the prevention of land loss as a result of failure to plan estates, foreclosures, clouds on title to property/land, and general inheritance issues and eviction defense to ensure housing stability.Cases handled:
Mortgage, Homeowner Association and Tax Foreclosure Defense ~ Eviction Defense and other landlord-tenant matters (including deposit refunds and repairs and public housing) ~ Partition Suits ~ Clearing Title to Property ~ Reviewing Real Estate documents ~  Adverse Possession ~ Contracts for Deed ~ Property Tax Exemptions ~ Probate, Will and Estate Planning ~ And any other matters regarding land loss prevention ~
Non-profit Formation to promote community development or serve low-income populations.
Online Intake:  http://www.tsulaw.edu/centers/ECI/
Telephone Intake: 713-313-1158 or 713-313-4455 

THURGOOD MARSHALL SCHOOL OF LAW INNOCENCE PROJECT
Helping the wrongfully convicted with exonerations by investigating and litigating actual innocence claims.  Actual innocence means that the crime never happened or that it happened but someone else committed it and there exist new evidence to prove innocence.  An applicant must have:

  • Received a final conviction
  • Exhausted all direct appeals
  • Been convicted in Texas

Applicants must complete a Texas Prisoner Innocence Questionnaire (TPIQ).  The TPIQ link can be found on the ECI website and TPIQs are also generally available in each prison library.
Innocence Project inquiries, contact: 713-313- 1161 or 713-313-4455

 

ECI JUVENILE JUSTICE PROJECT (JJP)
The JJP has rapidly developed into one of Texas’ premier programs assisting youth in the juvenile justice system. The JJP seeks to empower at-risk youth, provide holistic, client-centered representation, and offer solutions to legal and social problems that impede access to future achievement and success.  ECI employs a holistic approach, by providing legal representation to children who are in multiple systems including the criminal justice system, disparate educational systems, the mental health system, and foster care system.  Most of our clients come into the juvenile court system for incidents occurring at school.

JJP services include:

  • Direct Representation in juvenile, justice of the peace and municipal courts
  • Sealing of Criminal Records
  • Direct Legal Representation in School Disciplinary Actions & Special Education
  • Advocacy in dealing with juvenile probation, foster care, and mental health care systems
  • Assistance with seeking emancipation and other legal remedies related to independent living, including securing birth certificates, social security cards, and IDs
  • Homelessness advocacy for LG BTQ and aged-out foster youth as well as other traditionally  disenfranchised  youth groups

Online Intake:  http://eci.pub/JuvenileandEducationLegalHelp

Telephone Intake: 713-313-1130 or 713-313-4455

 

 
Phone Numbers: 713.313.4455
E-mail: N/A
Website: http://www.tsulaw.edu/centers/ECI/
Category: Legal Services