Frances Martinez

Clinical Professor, The University of Texas School of Law, Entrepreneurship & Community Development Clinic

Frances Leos Martinez co-founded and serves as a Clinical Professor in the University of Texas School of Law, Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic. She also founded the Texas Title Project, which provided title-clearing services to low-income families seeking disaster recovery assistance in East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Frances’ areas of focus include nonprofit and social enterprise, small business, homeownership preservation, and real property issues in extra urban communities. A graduate of Stanford Law School, Frances began her community development practice as a Skadden Fellow in the TRLA Colonias Project, the first CED law practices on the Texas-Mexico border.

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