Barbara Hines is a Emerson Senior Fellow. She is an active member of the RAICES/Karnes Pro Bono Coordinating Committee that provides legal services and advocacy around the detention of mothers and children at the Karnes Detention Center. She is the former clinical professor of law and directed the immigration clinic of the University of Texas School of Law until December, 2014. She has been a Board member of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild since 1996.
She received her B.A. with honors in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. She attended the University of Texas School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law, where she received her J.D. in 1975.
Ms. Hines has practiced in the field since 1975 and is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
She received her B.A. with honors in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin. She attended the University of Texas School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law, where she received her J.D. in 1975.
Ms. Hines has practiced in the field since 1975 and is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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She has received numerous awards for her work including the 1992 American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in Litigation; the 1993 AILA Texas Chapter Litigation Award; the 2002 Texas Law Fellowships Excellence in Public Interest Award; the 2007 AILA Elmer Fried Excellence in Teaching Award; the 2009 MALDEF Excellence in Legal Services Award; the 2010 National Lawyers Guild Carol King Award; the 2014 University of Texas School of Law Massey Award for Teaching Excellence and the 2015 National Women’s Political Caucus Women of Courage Award. In 2000, she was named one of the 100 best lawyers in the state by the Texas Lawyer publication.
She was a Fulbright scholar in Argentina in 1996 and 2004 and continues to collaborate on immigration issues in Argentina. She has litigated many issues relating to the constitutional and statutory rights of immigrants in federal and immigration courts including the lawsuit leading to the closure of the Hutto immigrant family detention center. She was actively involved in the passage of in-state tuition for undocumented students in Texas. She frequently lectures and publishes on topics related immigration law and immigrants’ rights. |
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