Barbara Hines has practiced in the field of Immigration
Law since 1975 and is Board Certified by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization in Immigration and Nationality
Law. She is currently a clinical professor at
The University of Texas School of Law and directs its
Immigration Law Clinic. She served as the first Co-
Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law of Texas, Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Project and is currently of counsel and a member of
the Board of Directors of the organization. She has
received awards from the national and Texas chapters
of the American Immigration Lawyers Association
(AILA), and is listed in the Who’s Who of American
Women and Best Lawyers in America.
Lee Terán is a clinical professor of law and directs the
Immigration & Human Rights Clinic at St. Mary’s University
School of Law. She is a 1975 graduate of the University
of Colorado School of Law, and has been Board
Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization
since 1984. Prior to joining St. Mary’s University, she was
Co-Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Under Law of Texas, Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Project, and was engaged in private practice.
Joseph A. Vail is a 1979 graduate of Widener Law
School. He entered the field of immigration law in
1980 as a volunteer through VISTA (Volunteers In Service
To America). He was a staff attorney for three years with Gulf Coast Legal Foundation in Houston,
and from 1984 to 1995 he was in private practice in
Houston. In 1995 he was appointed as an immigration
judge with the United States Department of Justice,
where he served until 1999. From July 1999 to
the present he has supervised the immigration clinic
at the University of Houston Law Center where he
has also taught several courses on immigration law.
He is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization in Immigration and Nationality Law.

Guest Faculty

Plano: April 19-20, 2007
J Joseph Reina
Reina & Associates P.C.
Dallas
George Rodriguez
Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates PC
Dallas
Michelle L. Saenz-Rodriguez
Saenz-Rodriguez & Associates PC
Dallas

Houston: May 3-4, 2007
Nancy Falgout
Attorney-at-Law
Houston
Richard S. Fischer
The Law Offices of Richard S. Fischer
Nacogdoches