Jacqueline Calvert represents clients and teaches and supervises student attorneys in the St. Mary’s School of Law Housing Rights Project.
Jacqueline Calvert, staff attorney with the Housing Rights Project, walks through a courtroom inside the Center for Legal and Social Justice at St. Mary's University.as a prospective law student, I did not know what type of law truly interested me. All I knew was that I wanted to help people. I sought personal fulfillment through service and assisting the underprivileged and voiceless.
and connected with many lifelong friends — including my future husband. By sharing perspectives with my professors and classmates, I gained insight into areas of law that interested me and discovered the work that would fulfill me after earning my law degree in May 2020. Calvert uses a workstation in a classroom at the Center for Legal and Social Justice at St. Mary’s University.As part of the school’s Consumer Protection Clinic, the Housing Rights Project provides legal representation, advice and education for San Antonio-area tenants in collaboration with the City of San Antonio, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid and the San Antonio Legal Services Association. The Housing Rights Project receives generous support from the City of San Antonio.
Our team also creates outreach events to educate the community on their housing rights. This is also an aspect of the work that is so appealing — my work is not limited just to the office or to the courtroom. The most rewarding group of individuals I’ve worked with are folks with disabilities and seniors. Seniors in particular do not have many options in housing if they are unmarried and do not have children. They are a vulnerable group of people deserving of more resources and compassion.
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