By Danteé Ramos
Blavity
Reprinted – by Texas Metro News
https://blavity.com/
Beyoncé Knowles-Carter’s BeyGOOD Foundation donated $100,000 to the University of Houston Law Center’s Criminal Justice Clinic.
According to a news release, the donation will go toward hiring full-time faculty members and a director for the clinic.
Leonard Baynes, dean of the UH Law Center, said, “I am delighted that the BeyGOOD Foundation has made this very generous gift to the UH Law Center,” adding, “Not only will this funding help establish a full-time criminal justice clinic that provides pro bono legal services in our community, but it will also supercharge our already excellent criminal law and justice programming.”
Furthermore, it will help strengthen the clinic’s outreach programs that assist underserved Texas communities.
“At UH Law, we envision a legal profession where ‘everyone has the opportunity to prosper’, as BeyGOOD envisions, and we will achieve this vision by providing access to strong and effective legal representation in criminal proceedings,” Baynes said. “And together, through this gift, the BeyGOOD Foundation and UHLC will shepherd the next generation of criminal justice attorneys in the city of Houston, the state of Texas, and the nation.”
Houston native Beyoncé launched BeyGOOD in 2013 to support organizations, institutions and people in transforming their communities into places of well-being, economic prosperity, generosity and justice.
