Advisory Board
James C. Harrington
James C. Harrington is Director of the Texas Civil Rights Project,
which he founded in 1990. He is also an adjunct professor at
the University of Texas Law School. He has spent more than
thirty-one years as a lawyer in the civil rights field, handling
landmark cases involving grand jury discrimination, police misconduct,
privacy, voting rights, free speech and assembly, farm worker organizing,
and the rights of persons with disabilities.
Harrington has received numerous awards and honors for his public
service and assistance to the poor. Additionally, he served
two years as Director of the Americans with Disabilities Act National
Backup Center and helped to organize ADA litigation campaigns in
more than twenty states and U.S. territories.
In addition to authoring numerous law review articles and commentaries,
Harrington wrote The Texas Bill of Rights: A Commentary and Litigation
Manual. He received his law degree in 1973 and a Master's
degree in philosophy in 1969, both from the University of Detroit.
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