The Initiative for Law, Societies and Justice brings together over 70 UT affiliates working in 10 colleges, schools, and units to collaborate with each other as well as local practitioners and policymakers to advance scientific knowledge and equity in access to justice.
We provide seed funding for research-practice partnerships and support the submission and administration of internal and external grants, securing over $10 million in new awards since July 2022.
The Initiative also provides scientific and technical advice to community organizations and institutional partners and hosts a repository of data for use by scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and the public.
We also host regular workshare meetings to discuss works-in-progress.
2023 GRANT AWARDEES:
- Fatima Varner, Maria Arabbo, and Dr. Courtney Robinson for “Travis County Transformation Project.”
- Monica Munoz Martinez, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Noel Busch-Armendariz and Caitlin Sulley for “Restore Uvalde: Assessing the Impact after Tragedy.”
- Meme Styles and Paulette Blanc for “Interrogating public safety reform metrics using the Measure CARE model.”